JP2010093516A - Mobile information terminal and operation control method for the same, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile information terminal which allows an operator to have push-down feeling when an input position is determined on a touch panel. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile information terminal has first and second housings connected with each other, and a display part 2 provided in the first housing on which the touch panel 3 is mounted. The mobile information terminal includes a controller (CPU) 1 which detects angle changes of the first housing to the second housing due to an operator's push-down operation to the touch panel 3 on the display part 2, and determines a position on the display part 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information terminal, an operation control method thereof, and a program, and more particularly to an operation control method in a portable information terminal having a touch panel on a display unit.

  An example of a portable information terminal is a mobile phone. Some of such mobile phones use a touch panel in order to simplify user input operations. For example, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. Further, in order to ensure a large screen display of the mobile phone, as shown in Patent Documents 2 to 4 and the like, a first casing having a display unit and a second casing having an operation unit are provided. A foldable structure connected by a pivotable hinge mechanism is widely used.

  Further, referring to Patent Document 5, in addition to providing the touch panel on the display unit of such a foldable mobile phone so as to have the advantages of both, the operation unit of the second casing is operated. Some are provided with keys, so that more functions can be operated by keys.

JP 2002-368840 A JP 2004-040734 A JP 2007-0667506 A JP 2007-243484 A JP 2006-31224 A

  Here, in an input operation in which a touch panel is mounted on the display screen, the user touches a position to be selected, so that the selected position is determined as an input position. However, in this input method using a touch panel, unlike a physical operation key, an operator who is a user cannot obtain a depressed feeling, and therefore, it is difficult to recognize that it has been depressed. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult for the operator to know whether or not the target position has been selected.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve such problems, and the object of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal that allows the operator to obtain a feeling of depression when the input position is determined by the touch panel. And its operation control method and program.

  A portable information terminal according to the present invention is a portable information terminal having first and second casings connected to each other, and a display unit provided in the first casing and mounted with a touch panel. It includes means for detecting an angular displacement of the first casing with respect to the second casing due to an operator's pushing operation on the touch panel of the display section and determining a position on the display section.

  An operation control method according to the present invention is an operation control method in a portable information terminal having first and second casings connected to each other and a display unit provided in the first casing and mounted with a touch panel. A step of detecting an angular displacement of the first casing relative to the second casing due to an operator's pushing operation on the touch panel of the display section, and a control step of determining a position on the display section. It is characterized by including.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a program for performing an operation control method in a portable information terminal having a first and a second casing connected to each other and a display unit provided in the first casing and mounted with a touch panel. A program for executing, a process of detecting an angular displacement of the first casing with respect to the second casing due to an operator's pushing operation on the touch panel of the display section, and a position determination on the display section The process which comprises is characterized by including.

  According to the present invention, when the touch panel mounted on the display unit is touched in the portable information terminal, the first casing having the display unit is given an angular displacement with respect to the second casing by the pushing force. Thus, since the input position is determined in response to the angular displacement, there is an effect that the user can obtain a feeling of depression.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram of a mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 1, a display unit 2, a touch panel 3, an angle detection unit 4, and a memory 5.

  The display unit 2 is a liquid crystal display (LCD) that performs various displays. The touch panel 3 is mounted on the upper surface of the display unit 2 and has an interface function for an operator who is a user.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the angle detection unit 4 detects the rotation angle of the hinge unit 30 that connects the first housing 10 to the second housing 20 so as to be openable and closable. It has the function to do. In addition, although the display part 2 which mounts the touch panel 3 is integrated in the 1st housing | casing 10, and the operation | movement key (not shown) is integrated in the 2nd housing | casing 20, this is assumed. It is not limited to.

  The control unit 1 is a CPU (computer) for controlling these units 2 to 4, and the memory 5 has a function as a recording medium in which a control procedure for controlling the operation of the CPU 1 is stored in advance as a program. In addition, it also functions as a working memory for the CPU 1.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment. First, it is determined whether or not the operator has touched the selected position on the display screen of the display unit 2 (step S1). The situation in this case is shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, in the display unit 2 equipped with a touch panel, a position to be selected and confirmed by the operator is set to a position 202 indicated by “OK”. Then, the operator moves the cursor 201 to the “OK” position 202 using the finger on the touch panel as shown in FIG.

  At this time, the opening angle of the first casing 10 on which the display unit 2 is mounted with respect to the second casing 20 is a predetermined normal fixed angle 100 as shown in FIG. . In this state, the angle detector 4 does not output a detection signal.

  Thereafter, the cursor 201 is stopped at the position 202 to be confirmed shown in FIG. 3B, and the operator presses the display unit 2 with the finger at that position as shown in FIG. 4B (indicated by an arrow A). ) Then, the 1st housing | casing 10 is displaced to the angle 101 larger than the normal fixed angle 100 shown to Fig.4 (a).

  The angle detection unit 4 detects an angular displacement from the angle 100 to the angle 101 (step S2), generates a detection signal, and outputs the detection signal to the CPU 1 that is the control unit. In response to this, the CPU 1 detects the position of the cursor 201 and performs position determination processing (step S3). By doing so, the operator can surely obtain a feeling that the selected position has been confirmed by the operation of pushing the display unit 2.

  In addition, the structure of the angle detection part 4 for detecting the rotation angle of the hinge part 30 is the electrical method shown by patent document 2, the magnetic method shown by patent document 3, 4, etc. A well-known configuration can be employed, and thus the description thereof is omitted. Further, it is assumed that the hinge portion 30 is configured to automatically return to the normal fixed position in FIG. 4A when the pushing operation in FIG. Such a return part can be easily realized by using an elastic body such as a spring.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention, and the configuration of the mobile phone in this case is the same as the example of FIG. 1 shown in the first embodiment. This embodiment corresponds to a so-called drag operation with a mouse on a PC (personal computer). That is, by combining the push-in operation and the touch position displacement operation, various input instructions can be given to the operation based on the touch position displacement.

  Referring to FIG. 5, it is first assumed that the operator touches an object such as an icon to be dragged or a drag target such as a window displayed on the display unit (selection position touch: step S11). When the operator performs a push-in operation at the touch position, the angle of the first casing 10 on which the display unit 2 is mounted with respect to the second casing 20 is increased and an angular displacement is generated (step S12). The angle detector 4 detects this angular displacement, and the CPU 1 performs a selection position determination process (step S13).

  In this state (while touching), it is assumed that the operator moves his / her finger to a position where the object or window is to be moved. Then, the CPU 1 detects the displacement of the touch position on the display unit, that is, on the touch panel (step S14), and moves the object or window at the time of position determination along the touch position variation of the operator (step S15). .

  When the operator stops moving the finger, the position displacement ends (step S16), so the CPU 1 detects this and stops the movement of the object or window (step S17). When the operator stops touching (step S18), the position of the object or window is fixed at that time (step S19).

  In the above example, in addition to the method in which the operator performs a touch position changing operation while touching and continuing the pushing state between the start point and the end point of the drag, only the drag start point and end point It is also possible to perform only the touch position change operation during the push-in operation.

  It is also possible to give an instruction other than an instruction to move the object or window according to each input form. For example, this drag operation can be applied to operations such as underlining, moving, pasting, and copying by selecting a plurality of continuous characters or a plurality of continuous lines when creating a document.

  The second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is an example in which the operator touches only the touch panel, that is, the case where a drag operation is performed by the mouse of the PC with one finger. However, as another embodiment, In addition to touching with the finger of one hand of the operator, the third embodiment is an example in which the key operation is performed with the thumb of the other hand holding the mobile phone and the above-described drag operation is performed. It explains as a form of.

  The configuration of the mobile phone in the third embodiment is as shown in FIG. 6, and a key operation unit 6 is additionally provided in addition to the configuration of FIG. It is assumed that the key operation unit 6 is mounted on the second casing 20 (see FIG. 3). FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. Steps S21 to S23 are the same as steps S11 to S13 of FIG.

  It is assumed that the operator performs a movement direction instruction operation using the direction instruction key while touching (step S24). The direction instruction key is a so-called cross key for moving the cursor in the vertical and horizontal directions on the display unit. Then, the CPU 1 moves the object or window at the time of position determination in the moving direction by the direction instruction key (step S25).

  When the operation of the direction instruction key is completed (step S26), the CPU 1 stops the movement of the object or window (step S27). Here, when the operator stops touching (step S28), the position of the object or window is fixed at that time (step S29).

  Furthermore, the following use can be considered as the fourth embodiment. For example, in a terminal having a route guidance (navigation) function, when the operator traces (traces) a desired route displayed on the display unit 2 with a finger while the route guidance is activated, tracing along the route is performed. Although the display is made, it is assumed that the operator performs a pushing operation during the trace operation. It is possible to determine the position at that time and to make a voice notification of route guidance at that time.

  Furthermore, as a fifth embodiment, simultaneously with the pushing operation during the trace operation in this route guidance function, the operator presses a specific key provided in the operation unit (as in the third embodiment, the key By performing the key operation with the thumb of the hand holding the second housing 20 provided with the operation unit), it is possible to display information related to the confirmed position by the pressing operation of the touch panel. .

  For example, if each key is assigned so that a mark display indicating the position of the nearest cafeteria, coffee shop, restaurant, entertainment facility, gas station, etc., or an annotation display regarding the fixed position can be assigned, Information related to the operator's preference regarding the determined position can be displayed. Also in the case of the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, it is needless to say that the key operation unit 6 is added to the configuration of FIG.

  In short, in the fifth embodiment, based on the key operation performed simultaneously with the position determination by the push-in operation, information related to the determined position pre-assigned to this key can be displayed. Is.

  In the embodiment described above, a foldable mobile phone has been described as an example of the portable information terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the present invention has a configuration in which a first housing having a display unit is connected to a second housing having an operation key or the like by various connecting mechanisms that can be angularly displaced (openable and closable). Applicable to portable information terminals.

  In addition, the operation of the control unit in each of the above embodiments is configured such that the procedure of the control operation is stored in advance in a recording medium such as a ROM as a program and is read and executed by a computer (CPU). Of course you can.

It is a functional block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the schematic plan view and operation | movement of the mobile telephone of 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the schematic side view and its operation | movement of the mobile telephone of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of 3rd embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of 3rd embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Control unit (CPU)
2 LCD display section 3 Touch panel 4 Angle detection section 5 Memory 6 Key operation section 10 First casing 20 Second casing 30 Hinge section 100 Open angle 102 of the first casing relative to the second casing at the time of normal fixing Open angle of the first housing with respect to the second housing at the time of pushing in 200 cursor 201 selection position

Claims (15)

A portable information terminal having first and second casings connected to each other and a display unit provided in the first casing and mounted with a touch panel,
And a control unit for detecting an angular displacement of the first casing with respect to the second casing due to an operator's pushing operation on the touch panel of the display section and determining a position on the display section. Terminal.   The control means detects a touch position displacement of the operator on the touch panel and moves a drag target at the confirmed position where the position is confirmed along the position displacement. The listed terminal.   The terminal according to claim 2, wherein the control unit determines the position of the drag target on the display unit in response to the end of the touch position displacement and the end of the touch operation. And further including a direction instruction key for moving the cursor on the display unit,
In response to the operation of the direction instruction key of the operator in the touch operation state of the operator, the control means moves the drag target at the determined position where the position is determined along the operation. The terminal according to claim 1.   5. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the control means determines the position of the drag target on the display unit in response to the end of the direction instruction key operation and the end of the touch operation. It further includes an operation key,
2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays related information at the determined position where the position is determined in response to simultaneous occurrence of the pressing operation of the operator and the operation of the key. .   The terminal according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of the operation keys are provided, and a function for specifying the type of the related information is assigned to each of the plurality of keys. An operation control method in a portable information terminal having first and second casings connected to each other and a display unit provided in the first casing and mounted with a touch panel,
Detecting an angular displacement of the first casing with respect to the second casing by an operator's pushing operation on the touch panel of the display section;
And a control step for determining a position on the display unit.   9. The control step of detecting a touch position displacement of the operator on the touch panel and moving a drag target at the confirmed position where the position is confirmed along the position displacement. The method described.   The method according to claim 9, wherein the control step determines the position of the drag target on the display unit in response to the touch position displacement end and the touch operation end. The terminal further includes a direction instruction key for moving the cursor on the display unit,
In the control step, in response to the operation of the direction instruction key of the operator in the touch operation state of the operator, the drag target at the determined position where the position is determined is moved along the operation. The method according to claim 8.   12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the control step determines the position of the drag target on the display unit in response to the end of the direction instruction key operation and the end of the touch operation. The terminal further includes an operation key,
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the control step displays related information at the confirmed position where the position is confirmed in response to the simultaneous occurrence of the pushing operation of the operator and the operation of the key. .   The method according to claim 13, wherein a plurality of the operation keys are provided, and a function for specifying the type of the related information is assigned to each of the plurality of keys. A program for causing a computer to execute an operation control method in a portable information terminal having first and second casings connected to each other and a display unit provided in the first casing and mounted with a touch panel. There,
A process of detecting an angular displacement of the first casing with respect to the second casing by an operator's pushing operation on the touch panel of the display unit;
A program for determining a position on the display unit.

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