JPH11232026A - Image processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] In a portable terminal device having a small display screen,
Improve operability of image search. SOLUTION: A pointing device 208 in which an image display display 206 is set to the front and a cursor is moved by touching a rear surface facing the image with a finger is laid out. The pointing device 208 is formed into a perfect circular shape, and the rib 209 is formed.
Is set on the circumference and its concentric circle, the user can select the cursor on the image display display 206 only by groping rotation without looking at the operation device itself.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus capable of reproducing an image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional image processing apparatus, when a desired image is selected from stored images, reduced images such as thumbnail images are displayed on a display screen in a list in up, down, left, and right directions. A desired reduced image is selected by operating up, down, left, and right cursor movement keys or by directly touching a soft key on the screen with a finger.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, if the method of directly touching the screen with a finger is used, the display may be hidden by the finger, or the surface of the screen may be stained by touching the screen with the finger.

Further, in the prior art, it is necessary to provide a cursor moving key, a scroll key, and a page break key in the device. Therefore, when the size of the device is reduced as in a portable terminal device, the display screen becomes small. As a result, there is a disadvantage that operability is deteriorated.

As a solution to the above problem, a method using a touch panel or the like for directly pointing on the display screen can be considered. However, if this method is used, the display screen is hidden in a device such as a portable terminal device. There was a disadvantage that the operability deteriorated.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display means for displaying an image, and an instruction means for selecting an image displayed on the display means, comprising: An image processing apparatus provided on an opposing surface is provided. Preferably, the pointing means has a perfect circular shape, and ribs for guiding the movement of the finger are set up on the circumference and concentric circles thereof. Preferably, the pointing means is provided with a home position, and a protrusion is provided at the position of the home position.
Preferably, the image is a reduced image, and control means is provided for controlling the display means to display the reduced image in a layout surrounding the outer periphery. Preferably, the instruction means receives an input in response to an instruction to the home position. Preferably, the image processing apparatus is portable.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an element configuration of an image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Before describing the components, the overall operation will be described.

The image information stored in the memory RAM 5 built in the main body is displayed on the image display 2, and is operated by a touch sensor type pointing device 7 laid out on the back side facing the image display 2 to obtain a desired image information. Select an image. It also has a function of attaching a voice memo to the reproduced image and attaching the voice memo to the microphone 8 to reply.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU, which is a control unit that controls the image processing apparatus according to a flowchart described later. Reference numeral 2 denotes an image display. 3 is PHS module, 4 is I
An rDA module that sends and receives image data such as still images and moving images stored on a hard disk or DVD-RAM of a remote server, and audio data accompanying the data. 5 is RA
M is a storage unit for storing image data received by the PHS module 3 or the IrDA module 4. The RAM 5 is also used as a work buffer. Reference numeral 6 denotes a ROM, which is a non-volatile memory that stores a follow chart and the like described later. 6 is not limited to a ROM as long as it is a nonvolatile memory, and it goes without saying that an EEPROM or the like may be used. Reference numeral 7 denotes a touch sensor type pointing device. Reference numeral 8 denotes a microphone, 9 denotes a speaker, and 10 denotes headphones. 11 is a battery. 12 is a bus.

Next, an overall configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The image processing device described here is a card-sized portable terminal device.

However, the size of the portable terminal device described in the present embodiment is not limited to the card size.
It is applicable to a small portable terminal device.

Reference numerals 201, 202, 203, and 204 depict development views of the image processing apparatus, which show a diagram 201 viewed from the top, a diagram 202 viewed from the front, a diagram 203 viewed from the right, and a diagram 204 viewed from the back. ing.

The user operates the image display 20.
The cursor is moved by moving a finger on the touch-sensitive pointing device 208 on the rear side while viewing the images such as the thumbnail images and the icons displayed in the layout 6 to select an arbitrary image.

The thumbnail image and the icon image are laid out and displayed as indicated by reference numeral 701 in FIG. 7. When the finger is moved in the direction of the arrow on the back (702 in FIG. 7), the direction of the arrow is displayed on the front display screen. Is controlled so that the cursor moves.

Reference numeral 207 denotes a projection provided on the touch sensor type pointing device 208 to indicate a home position. For the home position function,
I will explain later.

Reference numeral 206 denotes an image display for displaying image information received by the infrared light receiving unit 205 and information in a remote memory or a built-in memory by wireless communication. 2
Reference numeral 05 denotes an infrared light receiving unit for receiving image information and the like from the outside. Reference numeral 208 denotes a touch sensor type pointing device for selecting image information and the like displayed on the image display 206 and instructing other operations.

Reference numeral 209 denotes a rib provided on a circumference for guiding the movement of the finger. By setting the rib 209 in a concentric circle, the user can fumble while looking at the image information on the screen without looking at the back. The finger can be moved in a circular motion.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the operation member.

Reference numeral 301 is a view of the image processing apparatus as viewed from the front, 302 is a view as viewed from the back, and 303 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA '. Details have been described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the display screen layout of the image display 2 and the operating members of the touch-sensitive pointing device 7. The numbers on the figure correspond to each other.

As shown in the figure, an area on a donut constituted by concentric circles of the operation device is equally divided, and coordinate information of each range is registered in the ROM 6 in advance. Each time the touch sensor type pointing device 7 is detected as ON, the respective coordinate data are collated and the movement of the cursor according to the operation status is accepted. The movement of the cursor is performed based on the home position detection.

The processing for detecting the home position will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of home position detection.

In step S901, thumbnail images or icons are laid out and displayed around the screen, as shown at 501 in FIG. Next, in step S902, it is determined whether or not the instruction of the home position indicated by 504 in FIG. 5 has been detected. That is, the cursor is displayed at the position of the home position (503 in FIG. 5) until the instruction of the home position by the user is detected.

If no instruction for the home position is detected in step S902, inputs other than the home position are ignored in step S903.

If the instruction of the home position is detected in step S902, in step S904,
Sounds a buzzer indicating that input has been accepted.

Next, in step S905, the movement of the finger from the home position B-01 is determined. If there is no movement of the finger and the finger is released at the position of the home position B-01, A-01 is determined in step S908. The item corresponding to is executed.

In step S906, when the finger moves to B-02 and is released at that position, in step S909, A-02
The item corresponding to is executed. If the finger has been moved without being released, the process proceeds to step S907. In step S907, similarly to step S906, the finger is set to B-03.
Move to step S910, and if it is released at that position, step S910
Executes the item corresponding to A-03. The above processing is repeated for other positions.

That is, in the embodiment of the present invention, the input to the touch-sensitive pointing device 7 becomes valid based on the instruction of the home position, and when the finger is released from the touch-sensitive pointing device 7, The item corresponding to the position is executed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, reference numeral 50 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, a projection is provided at a position (the position of B-01) that defines the home position on the touch-sensitive pointing device 7. That is, the home position can be indicated by groping.

When the cursor is located on A-01 and the A-01 image is displayed, the movement of the cursor is not accepted unless a finger enters the coordinates in the range of B-01. Also, when the cursor is on A-01 and the A-01 image is displayed, only cursor movement in the B-02 direction is accepted. ON at position B-01
After the detection, the cursor movement is received together with the buzzer sound, and the cursor is moved each time the corresponding area of the coordinates changes while maintaining the ON state. After the OFF, the function of the icon targeted by the cursor is executed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen on the image display 2.

(Other Embodiments) The technology described in the above embodiment is applicable to the operation of a reproduction function using a display screen of a still camera, a video camera, an electronic portable terminal, a head-mounted display, a car navigation system, or the like. Be adaptable.

The present invention can be applied to a video deck, a device for reading image information from a storage medium photographed by a digital still camera, a device for reproducing an APS cartridge after development, and the like, in combination with a remote control having a built-in rotary dial.

The present invention is also applicable to a search for a list of connection destinations such as telephones and faxes and an answering machine message.

In the above embodiment, the thumbnail image is described as a square, but the present invention is not limited to this.
It may be a vertically long rectangle or a horizontally long rectangle depending on the shooting direction.

Although a plurality of thumbnail images are laid out and displayed in a square shape, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be rectangular or elliptical.

In the above embodiment, the shape of the touch sensor type pointing device is treated as a perfect circle.
The present invention is not limited to this, and may be a rectangle, a square, or an ellipse.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A more intuitive operation feeling is obtained by matching the image displayed on the screen with the movement of the user's finger operation, and the cursor is moved by a simple finger rotation operation, that is, the image is selected. Is now possible.

In order to select an image, it is possible to perform a groping operation while looking at the display screen without looking at the operation unit.

Further, it is possible to reduce erroneous operations by not accepting an operation until the home position is instructed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an element configuration of an image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a display unit and an operation unit.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an operation member.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence between a display screen layout and an operation unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a display screen layout and a home position of an operation unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of home position detection.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a display and a direction of movement of a selection target of an operation unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Display 3 PHS module 4 IrDA module 5 RAM 6 ROM 7 Touch-sensitive pointing device 8 Microphone 9 Speaker 10 Headphone 11 Battery

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: display means for displaying an image; and instruction means for selecting an image displayed on the display means, provided on a surface facing the display means. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pointing means has a perfect circular shape, and ribs for guiding the movement of the finger are set up on the circumference and concentric circles thereof. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a home position is provided on the instruction unit, and a projection is provided at the position of the home position. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image is a reduced image, and further comprising control means for controlling the display means to display the reduced image in a layout surrounding the outer periphery. Image processing device. 5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the instruction unit accepts an input in response to an instruction to the home position. 6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is portable.