WO2012050174A1 - Information-processing device, control method for information-processing device, control program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic notebook device (100) displays electronic information in page units on a display unit (121) in response to input operations on a touch panel unit (120). With the electronic notebook device (100) a page division unit (12) divides the display region into multiple divided regions in response to a page division input operation, and a table creation unit (13) creates a division management table in which the display page number and position information are associated for each divided region. In response to a page-turning input operation, a table update unit (15) identifies the subject divided region and updates the division management table with respect to the display page number corresponding to the divided region that has been identified. A division display control unit (16) references the updated division management table and, for each divided region, displays on the display unit (121) the corresponding portion of the electronic information for the corresponding display page number.

Description

Information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus control method, control program, and recording medium

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that displays electronic information in units of pages, a control method for the information processing apparatus, a control program, and a recording medium.

Conventionally, with the spread of computers, various user interfaces have been developed so that users can operate the computers more intuitively. In particular, in recent years, a number of user interfaces have been proposed in the technical field of providing information by digitizing information that has been provided on paper.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a display device that can easily divide a display screen. Patent Document 2 discloses a display device that can display a display surface by simply dividing it into a plurality of screens.

Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-097473” (published on April 30, 2010) Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-204288 (published on August 05, 1997)”

According to the above-mentioned Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is possible to easily divide the display area, but there is still room for improvement with respect to operations on the divided areas. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can improve user convenience.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus that displays a plurality of electronic information in units of pages on the display unit in units of pages in response to an input operation on a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit. In order to solve the problem, a storage unit that stores information, a page division operation acquisition unit that acquires, via the touch panel, an input operation of page division performed in the display area of the electronic information in the display unit, Based on an input operation of page division, a dividing unit that divides the display area into a plurality of divided areas, a display page number that is a page number of the electronic information displayed for each divided area divided by the dividing unit, The management information creating means for creating the division management information in association with the position information of the division area and storing it in the storage unit, and the page performed in the display area. A page turning operation acquisition means for acquiring a page turning input operation via the touch panel, and a divided region including a position where the page turning input operation is performed with reference to the division management information stored in the storage unit And the management information update means for updating the display page number corresponding to the specified divided area based on the page turning input operation, and the division management information stored in the storage unit. For each region, the display information is provided with divided display control means for controlling the display unit so as to display a portion corresponding to the divided region in the electronic information of the display page number corresponding to the divided region. .

Also, the control method of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing for displaying a plurality of electronic information in units of pages on the display unit in units of pages in response to an input operation on a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit. In order to solve the above-described problem, the apparatus control method includes a page division operation acquisition step of acquiring, via the touch panel, a page division input operation performed in the electronic information display area of the display unit; A division step of dividing the display area into a plurality of division areas based on the input operation of the page division, and display of the page number of the electronic information displayed for each of the division areas divided in the division step A management information creation step of creating division management information in which page numbers and position information of the division areas are associated with each other, and storing the division management information in the storage unit; and the display area The page turning input operation is performed with reference to the page turning operation acquisition step for acquiring the page turning input operation performed in step 1 through the touch panel and the division management information stored in the storage unit. A management information update step of specifying a divided area including a position and updating the display page number corresponding to the specified divided area based on the page turning input operation; and the divided management information stored in the storage unit. Referring to each divided area, a divided display control step for controlling the display unit so as to display a portion corresponding to the divided area of the electronic information of the display page number corresponding to the divided area. It is characterized by including.

According to the above configuration and method, the display area is divided into a plurality of divided areas based on the page division input operation, and when a page turning operation is performed in a certain divided area, the page turning operation is performed. Thus, the display page number corresponding to the divided area is updated, and the portion corresponding to the divided area is displayed in the electronic information of the updated display page number. That is, a certain part of a displayed page is changed to the same part of another page by a page turning operation.

For example, in a paper medium notebook, a user often remembers that he / she entered certain information in a certain part of a certain page. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the user wishes to refer to previously entered information while considering the currently displayed page, the user does not know that the information has been entered, and the remaining portion to be remembered. When the page is divided into parts and the page turning operation is performed on the sparsely remembered part, the same sparsely remembered part of another page is displayed. Therefore, the user can easily find the entered information by repeating the page turning operation, and can simultaneously refer to both the remaining portion of the page under consideration and the entered information.

Also, in a paper notebook, a user often enters a specific type of information in a specific part of an arbitrary page. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the user desires to refer to or enter the specific type of information while examining the currently displayed page, the user divides the page into the specific portion and the remaining portion, and When the page turning operation is performed on a specific part, the same specific part of another page is displayed. Accordingly, the user can refer to or fill in the specific type of information for the specific portion of another page while referring to or filling in the remaining portion of the page under consideration. .

Thus, according to the present invention, with respect to a certain part and another part on a page, while referring to or filling in information on the certain part of a page, the other part of another page. It is possible to refer to or fill in information about the information, and to refer to or fill in information about the above-mentioned another portion of another page, thereby improving the convenience for the user.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the display area is divided into a plurality of divided areas based on the input operation of page division, and when a page turning operation is performed in a certain divided area, Based on this page turning operation, the display page number corresponding to the divided area is updated, and the portion corresponding to the divided area is displayed in the electronic information of the updated display page number. Refer to and fill in information about one part of a page while referring to or fill in information about the other part of another page. It is possible to refer to or fill in information on the other part of the page, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an electronic notebook device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the data structure figure illustrated about the data structure of electronic note information. It is a figure illustrated about the case where the page information of the 1st page of an electronic notebook is displayed. It is a figure illustrated about the case where the page information of the 2nd page of an electronic notebook is displayed. It is a figure which shows about the toolbox which integrated the edit function with respect to an electronic note. It is a figure which shows an example of the division | segmentation management table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the said electronic notebook apparatus in a table format. It is a figure which shows an example of operation which a user performs in the edit area of a display part regarding the page division | segmentation display function in the said electronic notebook apparatus. It is the flowchart shown about the processing flow of the page division | segmentation mode in the electronic notebook function part of the said electronic notebook apparatus. It is the flowchart shown about the flow of the process of the division | segmentation display mode in the said electronic notebook function part. It is the flowchart shown about the flow of the process of the division | segmentation display control in the said electronic notebook function part. It is a figure which shows another example of operation which a user performs in the edit area of the said display part regarding the said page division display function. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of a page division regarding the said page division display function. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the electronic notebook apparatus which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the range of the division | segmentation page memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the said electronic notebook apparatus in a table format. It is a figure which shows another example of the display of the said page division | segmentation. It is a figure which shows the other example of the display of the said page division. It is the flowchart shown about the flow of a process of the division | segmentation display mode in the electronic notebook function part of the said electronic notebook apparatus. It is the flowchart shown about the flow of the process of the normal display mode in the said electronic notebook function part.

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, the functional outline of the electronic notebook device (information processing device) 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the electronic notebook device 100.

The electronic notebook device 100 receives a handwritten input from the user and provides a function for allowing the user to edit a note realized on software and other information processing functions. In the following, a note realized on software is referred to as an electronic note.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic notebook device 100 includes a touch panel unit 120, a storage unit 130, and a main control unit 140.

The touch panel unit 120 provides a user interface such as an input operation and screen display in the electronic notebook device 100, and includes a display unit 121 and a position input unit (touch panel) 122.

The position input unit 122 detects a touch position where the touch operation on the operation surface of the touch panel unit 120 is performed, and generates input position information according to the detected position.

Here, the touch operation is an operation in which an instruction member such as the touch pen 151 or a user's finger 152 is brought into contact with the operation surface. The touch position is a position detected by the position input unit 122 when the touch pen 151 or the user's finger 152 is brought into contact with the operation surface.

Further, the position input unit 122 can be realized by a touch panel, for example. Here, as a method for the position input unit 122 to detect the touch position, a capacitance method is illustratively employed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a matrix switch, a resistive film method, a surface acoustic wave method, an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, a capacitance method, a method for detecting an image of an object (light sensor method), etc. These various methods can be appropriately employed.

Further, the position input unit 122 is configured to be able to detect a plurality of touch positions simultaneously, for example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the position input unit 122 may be configured to detect only a single touch position.

The position input unit 122 discriminates and detects a touch operation with the touch pen 151 and a touch operation with the user's finger 152. This can be realized, for example, by configuring the position input unit 122 as follows.

That is, the area where the position input unit 122 detects the touch of the touch pen 151 or the finger 152 is detected, and the size of the detected area is calculated. Then, the position input unit 122 determines that the calculated area is wider than the predetermined area, that is, the touch operation with the finger 152, and if smaller than the predetermined area, the position input unit 122 determines that the touch operation is performed with the touch pen 151. .

The position input unit 122 may include a type indicating whether the touch operation is performed by the touch pen 151 or the user's finger 152 in the input position information.

Further, the position input unit 122 can detect a so-called hover state in which the pen tip of the touch pen 151 is held at a close position separated by a minute distance without touching the operation surface of the touch panel unit 120. .

The position input unit 122 may generate two-dimensional coordinate data indicating the touch position on the operation surface as input position information. Further, the position input unit 122 may detect the pressure of the touch operation and include information on the detected pressure in the input position information.

The display unit 121 has a display screen for displaying image data, receives image data from the main control unit 140, and displays an image on the display screen based on the received image data. The display unit 121 can be realized by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), an EL (Electroluminescence) display, electronic paper, or the like.

The position input unit 122 is illustratively formed as an integrated structure superimposed on the display screen of the display unit 121 so that the coordinates of the display screen correspond to the coordinates of the operation surface. . Information for associating the coordinates of both may be stored in the storage unit 130.

In addition, the position input unit 122 is configured by a member that transmits light in a portion corresponding to the display screen so as not to prevent display on the display screen of the display unit 121.

With this configuration, the user can perform an input operation on the operation surface while confirming the screen displayed on the display unit 121. As a specific example of the screen displayed on the display unit 121, the display unit 121 displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen such as an icon on the display screen. Then, when the operation surface of the position input unit 122 is touched by a user's finger (or touch pen), coordinate information corresponding to the touched icon or image is generated by the position input unit 122.

As described above, the configuration of the touch panel unit 120 has been exemplified, but the configuration is not limited thereto, and any structure can be used as long as the display screen and the operation surface are shared.

The storage unit 130 stores various data and programs. The storage unit 130 can be configured by, for example, a hard disk, a flash memory, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), or the like. Details of the storage unit 130 will be described later.

The main controller 140 controls the various configurations of the electronic notebook device 100 in an integrated manner. The function of the main control unit 140 is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program stored in a storage element such as a RAM or a flash memory.

(Specific configuration of storage unit and main control unit)
Next, a more specific configuration of the storage unit 130 and the main control unit 140 will be described as follows.

First, the configuration of the storage unit 130 will be described. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the storage unit 130 includes an electronic notebook information storage unit 131 and a division management table storage unit 132.

The electronic notebook information storage unit 131 stores electronic notebook information. The data structure of the electronic notebook information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram illustrating the data structure of electronic note information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic note information N1 includes page information P1 which is electronic information about each page of the electronic notebook. The page information P1 includes “page number”, “edit information”, and “refill type” data.

“Page number” indicates the page number assigned to the page. The “edit information” is a data area that the user can freely edit by handwriting via the touch panel unit 120. As the data format of “editing information”, those based on the digital ink system or the bitmap system can be adopted.

“Refill type” is set to the type of refill set for each page. Here, the type of refill is a pattern of a sheet, and displays, for example, a ruled line or the like attached to a paper medium notebook. This display is implemented, for example, by displaying a background image representing ruled lines or the like on the background of the sheet.

There are a plurality of refill types, examples of which include 7 mm horizontal ruled lines, horizontal ruled lines such as 6 mm horizontal rules with dots, 5 mm grid, plain color, and minutes.

The division management table storage unit 132 stores a division management table (division management information) used for division display. Details of the division management table will be described later.

Next, referring to FIG. 1 again, the main control unit 140 will be described as follows. The main control unit 140 has an application unit 141 for realizing each information processing function included in the electronic notebook device 100.

The application unit 141 includes an electronic notebook function unit 142, a schedule management function unit 143, and an Internet function unit 144.

The electronic notebook function unit 142 provides an electronic notebook function for editing and browsing electronic notebooks. The schedule management function unit 143 provides a schedule management function for editing and managing a schedule. The Internet function unit 144 is for providing an Internet function for communication connection to the Internet via a communication unit (not shown) for communicating with an external network.

As described above, the application unit 141 of the electronic notebook device 100 provides not only an electronic notebook function but also various functions such as a schedule management function and an Internet function. Various functions provided by the application unit 141 can be added or deleted by installing or uninstalling an arbitrary application.

When the touch panel unit 120 receives an application switching operation from the user, the application unit 141 receives an electronic note function by the electronic note function unit 142, a schedule management function by the schedule management function unit 143, according to the received switching operation, And the internet function by the internet function part 144 can be switched mutually.

In addition, when the electronic notebook device 100 is activated, the electronic notebook function in the electronic notebook function unit 142 may be operated.

Further, the application unit 141 has a function of recognizing a touch operation or gesture performed by the user on the touch panel unit 120 based on the input position information transmitted from the position input unit 122 of the touch panel unit 120. Here, the gesture is a touch operation performed according to a predetermined pattern, and details thereof are as follows.

The gesture recognized by the application unit 141 includes, for example, single touch, double touch, drag, and flick.

Single touch is a gesture in which a finger 152 or the like is brought into contact with a position where the touch panel unit 120 is located and a touch operation is performed immediately.

Double touch is a gesture that is performed twice on the touch panel unit 120 by continuously performing the single touch within a predetermined short time.

Also, the drag is a gesture in which the finger 152 or the like is slid as it is while the finger 152 or the like is in contact with the touch panel unit 120.

A flick is a gesture in which a finger 152 or the like is brought into contact with the touch panel unit 120, the finger 152 or the like is slid as it is, and a finger 152 or the like that is in contact within a predetermined short time is released from the touch panel unit 120. is there. That is, flicking is an operation that flicks the touch panel unit 120 lightly.

When the application unit 141 recognizes the gesture, the application unit 141 generates gesture information indicating the recognized gesture.

The gesture information is information indicating a change in the coordinates of the touch position when the user touches the screen. As a specific example of the gesture information, there is information indicating the change amount of the coordinate of the touch position changed by the user dragging from the top to the bottom in the vertical direction of the screen. The gesture information may be information indicating what kind of gesture the user has performed in which direction.

The application unit 141 notifies the generated gesture information to the electronic notebook function unit 142, the schedule management function unit 143, and the Internet function unit 144.

(About the electronic notebook function overview)
The outline of the electronic notebook function implemented in the electronic notebook function unit 142 of the application unit 141 of the electronic notebook device 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the external appearance of the electronic notebook displayed on the display unit 121 of the touch panel unit 120 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 illustrates a case where the page information P1 of the first page of the electronic notebook is displayed.

For example, it is assumed that the “page number” of the page information P1 is “1” and the “refill type” is set to “horizontal ruled line”. Also, it is assumed that “P1.memo ABCDEFGHIJKLMN” is input by handwriting in the “editing information” of the page information P1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the display area of the electronic notebook includes a page number area 201 for displaying the “page number” of the page information P1, and an editing area 202 for displaying the “edit information”. In the page number area 201 shown in FIG. 3, “1” which is the “page number” of the page information P1 is displayed. In the same figure, “P1.memo ABCDEFGHIJKLMN” of “edit information” is displayed in the page number area 201.

Further, in the display of the page information P1 shown in FIG. 3, the left side corresponds to a nodule portion in a paper medium note. That is, the left side of FIG. 3 corresponds to a spread center portion of a paper medium notebook, that is, a notebook binding side. On the other hand, in the display of the page information P1 shown in FIG. 3, the right side corresponds to the outside of the paper medium note, that is, the fore edge (front edge).

Note that this configuration is only shown as an example, and can be configured like a notebook that opens up and down.

The user can edit “edit information” in the edit area 202 via the touch panel unit 120. The “page number” is automatically assigned and managed by the electronic notebook function unit 142.

In addition to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 is used to explain the page turning of the electronic notebook realized by the electronic notebook function unit 142 as follows. FIG. 4 illustrates a case where the page information P2 of the second page of the electronic notebook is displayed.

The electronic notebook function unit 142 accepts page turning gesture information in the state shown in FIGS. The page turning gesture information indicates, for example, a flick in the horizontal direction of the screen and the right and left direction. Then, in response to the page turning gesture information, the electronic notebook function unit 142 reads out the page information of the page next to the currently displayed page from the electronic notebook information storage unit 131 and causes the display unit 121 to display the page information. The page information of the page before the currently displayed page is read and displayed on the display unit 121.

Specifically, when the flick (left flick) is performed in the direction of the arrow F1 shown in FIG. 3, the page information P2 of the second page is read by the electronic notebook function unit 142 after the display effect of turning the first page. Then, the page information P2 of the second page is displayed on the display unit 121 as shown in FIG. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, “P.2 memo abcdefg”, which is the editing information of the page information P2, is displayed.

On the contrary, as shown in FIG. 4, when the page information P2 of the second page is displayed, if the flick (right flick) is performed in the direction of the arrow F2, the page of the first page is displayed by the electronic notebook function unit 142. The information P1 is read, and the page information P1 for the first page shown in FIG.

As described above, when detecting the left flick, the electronic notebook function unit 142 displays the next page, and when detecting the right flick, displays the previous page.

The electronic note function unit 142 is configured not to perform any operation even when a right flick is detected when the first page is displayed, that is, when the first page is displayed. Also good. In addition, when the electronic notebook function unit 142 displays the last page and detects a left flick, the electronic notebook function unit 142 may create a new page and send a page to the new page.

In the present embodiment, when displaying the page information, the electronic notebook function unit 142 divides the display screen into two areas, displays the page information of a certain page in one display area, and displays the other display area. Has a split display function for displaying different page information. Details of the divided display function will be described later.

Next, the editing function performed on the electronic notebook will be described with reference to FIG. In editing an electronic notebook, a user can use a tool box 210 that integrates various editing functions as shown in FIG. The tool box 210 is called in response to a user operation on the touch panel unit 120, that is, gesture information notified from the application unit 141.

The tool box 210 stores a tool (electronic stationery) used by the application in use.

As an example, a ruler 211, a refill 212, an art knife 213, and a pen case 214 are stored in the tool box 210 shown in FIG.

The ruler 211 is a tool for drawing graphics such as straight lines and circles in the editing area 202.

The refill 212 is a tool for adding and deleting pages. When adding a page by the refill 212, the user is made to select a refill type of the page to be added.

The art knife 213 is for dividing the editing area 202. The art knife 213 is for realizing a function for cutting out manually entered editing information in the editing area 202, and for realizing a so-called cut and paste function. When cutting and pasting with the art knife 213, the target region is first cut out by surrounding the target region to be cut out. Then, the cut area is dragged to another location on the same page or moved to a different page, and pasted to a desired location.

The pen case 214 is a main tool for editing an electronic notebook and a tool for manual input. The user can select and input a desired pen type, for example, pen thickness / color, from the pen case 214.

Note that the electronic note function unit 142 may be configured so that the pen tool of the pen case 214 is initially selected when the electronic note function is activated by the function switching operation. In addition, the pen case 214 has an eraser tool for erasing editing information once input by handwriting.

(Page split display function)
Next, details of the divided display function in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6 as follows.

1 is a schematic configuration of the split display function. As shown in the figure, the electronic notebook function unit 142 includes a state transition unit (page division operation acquisition unit) 11, a page division unit (dividing unit) 12, a table creation unit (management information creation unit) 13, and a page turn receiving unit (page). A turning operation acquisition unit) 14, a table update unit (management information update unit) 15, and a split display control unit (split display control unit) 16.

When the gesture information notified from the application unit 141 is a state of accepting the division of the currently displayed page, that is, the gesture information of the page division instruction instructing to shift to the page division mode, the state transition unit 11 The note function unit 142 is shifted to the page division mode.

The page dividing unit 12 divides the editing area 202 into a plurality of divided areas when the electronic note function unit 142 enters the page dividing mode by the state transition unit 11. The page dividing unit 12 transmits position information indicating the positions of the divided areas to the table creating unit 13.

The table creation unit 13 creates a partition management table and stores it in the partition management table storage unit 132. FIG. 6 shows an example of the division management table in a table format. As illustrated, the division management table includes, for each of a plurality of divided areas divided by the page dividing unit 12, a divided area name, a display page (display page number) indicating a page number to be displayed, and a position of the divided area. The information is associated with the position information of the page number area for displaying the page number.

The page turning reception unit 14 receives gesture information that instructs page turning. The page turning accepting unit 14 transmits the accepted gesture information to the table updating unit 15. Specifically, the page turning acceptance unit 14 determines whether or not the gesture information notified from the application unit 141 is an instruction to turn pages (for example, right flick / left flick). If the gesture information is gesture information for instructing page turning, the page turning receiving unit 14 determines which page turning instruction is for the next page or the previous page, and the determined page turning instruction, Information on the gesture position in the editing area 202 where the gesture is performed is transmitted to the table update unit 15.

The table update unit 15 updates the division management table in the division management table storage unit 132 based on information from the page turning reception unit 14. Specifically, the table updating unit 15 first receives a page turning instruction from the page turning receiving unit 14 and information on the gesture position. Next, the table update unit 15 refers to the division management table stored in the division management table storage unit 132, identifies which divided region the gesture position is included in, and corresponds to the identified divided region. The display page is updated based on the page turning instruction.

The split display control unit 16 causes the display unit 121 to perform display corresponding to the page split mode. Specifically, the divided display control unit 16 refers to the division management table stored in the division management table storage unit 132 and corresponds to the divided area with respect to the page information of the display page corresponding to a certain divided area. The portion indicated by the position information is displayed, and this is repeated for all the divided areas. Further, the divided display control unit 16 refers to the division management table stored in the division management table storage unit 132 and displays the corresponding display page in the corresponding page number area for each divided area.

(Detailed operation of page split display function)
Next, the operation details of the electronic notebook page division display function included in the electronic notebook function unit 142 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 shows an example of an operation that the user performs in the editing area 202 of the display unit 121 with respect to the page division display function. (A) in the figure shows an example of an operation in which the user instructs page division, and (b) in the figure shows an example of an operation in which the user instructs page turning.

In FIG. 7A, page information P25 of the 25th page is displayed. At this time, the user selects the art knife 213 from the tool box 210 shown in FIG. 5 and drags it from one of the left end and the right end of the editing area 202 to the other with the finger 152 or the like. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7B, the editing area 202 is divided into two upper and lower divided areas 301 and 302 with the dragged line as a boundary, and a dividing line 303 is formed at the boundary between the divided areas 301 and 302. Will be given.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7B, the user performs a left flick F1 with the finger 152 or the like in the upper divided area 301. As a result, the display in the upper divided area 301 is changed from the portion corresponding to the divided area 301 in the page information P25 on the 25th page to the portion corresponding to the divided area 301 in the page information P26 on the 26th page. become.

Therefore, while referring to or filling in the portion corresponding to the lower divided region 302 in the page information P25 on the 25th page, reference is made to the portion corresponding to the upper divided region 301 in the page information P26 on the 26th page. Since the portion corresponding to the upper divided area 301 in another page information can be referred to or entered, the convenience for the user can be improved.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, the page numbers of the displayed pages are additionally displayed at appropriate positions (lower right corner in the illustrated example) of the divided regions 301 and 302. As a result, the user can grasp the pages displayed in each of the divided areas 301 and 302, thereby further improving convenience.

Further, the page division may be canceled by performing the same operation as in FIG.

(Flow of page split display processing)
Next, the flow of page division processing and subsequent display processing in the electronic notebook function unit 142 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the process flow of the page division mode in the electronic notebook function unit 142 of the electronic notebook device 100. 9 and 10 are flowcharts showing the flow of split display processing of the electronic notebook function unit 142.

First, when the state transition unit 11 receives the gesture information of the page division instruction as shown in FIG. 7A, for example, the state transition unit 11 transitions to the page division mode shown in FIG. At this time, the page dividing unit 12 divides the editing area 202 into a plurality of divided areas 301 and 302 (S11). Next, the table creation unit 13 creates a partition management table based on information (for example, display page, position information, page number region, etc.) regarding the divided partition regions 301 and 302, and the partition management table storage unit 132. (S12). Thereafter, the display shifts to the split display mode shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9, the page turning acceptance unit 14 determines whether or not gesture information for instructing page turning has been received (S13). If received, the table update unit 15 refers to the partition management table stored in the partition management table storage unit 132, identifies which of the divided regions 301 and 302 includes the gesture position, and identifies the identified partition The display page corresponding to the area is updated based on the page turning instruction (S14). Next, the divided display control unit 16 performs a divided display control process shown in FIG. 10 (S15).

As shown in FIG. 10, the divided display control unit 16 first initializes a VRAM (video RAM) (not shown) that functions as a buffer between the main control unit 140 and the display unit 121 ( S21). Next, the divided display control unit 16 sets a certain pixel as a target pixel (S22), and specifies a divided region including the target pixel from the position information of the target pixel and the position information of the division management table ( S23).

Next, the split display control unit 16 acquires the display page of the specified split region from the split management table, and obtains the pixel value of the target pixel in the edit information of the acquired display page from the electronic notebook information storage unit 131. Read and write to the VRAM (S24). Next, the divided display control unit 16 repeats S23 and S24 with another pixel as a target pixel, and performs this for all the pixels (S25 and S26).

Next, the divided display control unit 16 refers to the division management table and adds the page number of the corresponding display page to the corresponding page number area for each of the divided areas 301 and 302 in the VRAM. Write (S27). Then, the divided display control unit 16 instructs the display unit 121 to display the display image based on the display image data written in the VRAM (S28). Then, it returns to S13 and repeats the said process.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, a straight line that approximates a line dragged with the finger 152 or the like is used as the dividing line 303, but an arbitrary line such as a curved line or a broken line is used. The dragged line may be approximated. The line itself dragged with the finger 152 or the like may be used as the dividing line 303. FIG. 11 shows an example of page information when the dragged line is the dividing line 303. In FIG. 11, the page number area in the divided area 302 is the lower left corner. Thus, the page number area can be set at an arbitrary position.

In this embodiment, the pixel value is determined by determining which pixel in the display image displayed on the display unit 121 is included in each of the divided regions 301 and 302. However, the mask image is used. Thus, a display image may be created.

For example, a first mask image for masking the divided area 302 and a second mask image for masking the divided area 301 are prepared. Next, the page information of the display page corresponding to the divided area 301 and the first mask image are combined to create a first partial image having page information only in the divided area 301. Similarly, the page information of the display page corresponding to the divided area 302 and the second mask image are combined to create a second partial image having page information only in the divided area 302. Then, the display image is created by combining the first partial image and the second partial image. When a display image is created using a mask image, since it is not necessary to perform sequential processing for each pixel as shown in FIG. 10, the display image creation processing is accelerated, and as a result, display rewriting processing is performed. Get faster.

[Embodiment 2]
Another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 18 as follows. FIG. 12 shows an example of a page division display in the embodiment. In the above embodiment, when the page division mode is entered, page division is performed for all pages. For this reason, as shown in (a) and (b) of the figure, the divided display is performed no matter how the page is turned.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, a range of pages on which page division is performed is set, electronic information within the set range is divided and displayed, and other electronic information is normally displayed in units of pages. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the divided display from being performed on the electronic information for which the divided display is not desired, and the convenience for the user is further improved. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those in the drawings described in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the electronic notebook device 100 according to the present embodiment. Compared with the electronic notebook device 100 shown in FIG. 1, the electronic notebook device 100 of the present embodiment has a display mode determination unit (display control switching unit) 21 and a normal display control unit (normal display control unit) in the electronic notebook function unit 142. 22 is added, and the range (division target page number) of the divided page that is the divided page is stored in the division management table storage unit 132, and the other configurations are the same. .

FIG. 14 shows an example of the range of divided pages stored in the division management table storage unit 132. In the illustrated example, the range of the divided pages is the first page to the 18th page. Note that one or a plurality of divided pages may be stored in the division management table storage unit 132, or continuous page numbers or discrete page numbers may be used.

The display mode determination unit 21 is provided between the page turning receiving unit 14 and the table updating unit 15, and based on the page turning instruction from the user, any one of the divided display and the normal display displayed in units of pages. Whether to display in the display mode is determined. The display mode determination unit 21 instructs the table update unit 15, the split display control unit 16, and the normal display control unit 22 based on the determination result.

Specifically, the display mode determination unit 21 first determines whether the current display mode is divided display or normal display. When the current mode is the split display mode, the display mode determination unit 21 determines that the page to be paged is based on the page turning instruction from the page turning receiving unit 14 and the information on the gesture position. It is determined whether or not the page is a divided page.

Here, the page to be turned is a page that is turned on an actual paper medium. That is, in the case of a left flick (turning to the next page), the currently displayed page (in the divided page, the display page of the divided area including the gesture position) is a page turning target. In the case of a right flick (turning to the previous page), the previous page of the currently displayed page (in the case of a split page, the previous page of the display page of the split area including the above gesture position) It becomes a target.

When the page to be turned is the divided page, the display mode determination unit 21 transmits a page turning instruction and the gesture position information to the table update unit 15 and performs the divided display. The divided display control unit 16 is instructed. On the other hand, if the page to be paged is not the divided page, the display mode determination unit 21 instructs the normal display control unit 22 to perform the normal display, and then shifts to the normal display mode.

On the other hand, when the current mode is the normal display mode, the display mode determination unit 21 sets the page after turning the page based on the page turning instruction from the page turning receiving unit 14 and the information on the gesture position. It is determined whether or not the page is the divided page. For example, in the case of a left flick (turning to the next page), the next page after the currently displayed page is the page after the page is turned, and in the case of a right flick (turning to the previous page), the current page is displayed. The page before the current page becomes the page after the page is hit.

If the page after the page has been turned is not the divided page, the display mode determination unit 21 instructs the normal display control unit 22 to perform the normal display. On the other hand, when the page after turning the page is the divided page, the display mode determining unit 21 transmits a page turning instruction and the gesture position information to the table updating unit 15 and performs the divided display. In this way, the divided display control unit 16 is instructed, and then the mode is shifted to the divided display mode.

The normal display control unit 22 causes the display unit 121 to perform normal display that is displayed in units of pages. Specifically, the normal display control unit 22 reads the page information of the page to be turned from the electronic notebook function unit 142. Next, the normal display control unit 22 displays the page number in the page number area 201 of the display unit 121 based on the read page information, for example, as shown in FIGS. And display the background based on the refill type.

(Detailed operation of page split display function)
Next, the operation details of the electronic notebook page division display function of the electronic notebook function unit 142 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.

FIG. 15 shows an example of display when the range of divided pages is only the first page. In this case, if the left flick is performed in the lower divided area 302 while the first page is displayed, the second page is displayed in the lower divided area 302 as shown in FIG. The corresponding part of is displayed in a divided manner. Next, when a left flick is performed in the lower divided area 302, the page to be page-turned is the second page, not the divided page. Therefore, as shown in FIG. The third page is normally displayed.

In addition, when the left flick is performed in the upper divided area 301 in the state of FIG. 15A, the entire second page is displayed. However, since the divided display mode is set, the dividing line 303 is displayed. Will be displayed. In order to avoid this, if the pages displayed in the upper and lower divided areas 301 and 302 are the same and the page is not a divided page, the mode may be shifted to the normal display mode.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15B, when the third page is normally displayed and the right flick is performed, the second page is normally displayed. Next, when a right flick is performed in the upper part of the second page corresponding to the divided area 301, the corresponding part of the first page is divided and displayed in the upper divided area 301 as shown in FIG. Will be.

FIG. 16 shows an example of display when the range of divided pages is set by the pressing force applied to the display unit 121 when dragging with the finger 152 or the like in the page division operation. (A) of the figure shows a display example when the range of divided pages is set from the first page to the 18th page by the pressing force. In the example shown in the drawing, the page number of the last page of the divided pages is displayed in the upper center part of the drag position.

In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 5B, the corresponding portion of the first page is displayed in the upper divided area 301, and the corresponding portion of the nineteenth page is displayed in the lower divided area 302. At this time, if a left flick is performed in the lower divided region 302, the page to be turned is the 20th page, not the divided page. Therefore, as shown in FIG. The 20th page is normally displayed.

Note that the pressing force can be measured by the position input unit 122 having a function of detecting the pressure of the touch operation. Further, it is desirable that the display of the page number of the last page of the divided pages is immediately updated according to the change in the pressing force. In this case, the range of the divided pages intended by the user can be set.

(Flow of page split display processing)
Next, the flow of display processing after page division in the electronic notebook function unit 142 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the page division process is the same as the process shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the split display mode in the electronic notebook function unit 142 of the present embodiment. When the mode is shifted to the split display mode after the page split processing, the split display control unit 16 displays the split display shown in FIG. 10 until the page turning receiving unit 14 receives the gesture information instructing the page turning, as shown in FIG. The control process is repeated (S13 and S15).

Upon receiving the gesture information, the display mode determination unit 21 determines whether the page to be paged is the divided page based on the page turning instruction from the page turning receiving unit 14 and the information on the gesture position. It is determined whether or not (S31).

In the case of the divided page, the table updating unit 15 sets the division management table in the division management table storage unit 132 as described above based on the page turning instruction from the display mode determination unit 21 and the information on the gesture position. Update (S14). Next, the divided display control unit 16 performs the divided display control process shown in FIG. 10 (S15), and then returns to S13 to repeat the above operation.

On the other hand, if it is not the divided page, the normal display control unit 22 performs normal display control for normal display on the display unit 121 (S32). Thereafter, the normal display mode shown in FIG. 18 is entered.

In the normal display mode, as shown in FIG. 18, the normal display control unit 22 repeats the normal display control process until the page turning reception unit 14 receives the gesture information instructing the page turning (S13 and S32). .

Upon receiving the gesture information, the display mode determination unit 21 determines whether the page after the turn is a divided page based on the page turn instruction from the page turn receiving unit 14 and the gesture position information. Is determined (S33). If it is not the divided page, the normal display control unit 22 performs the normal display control (S32), and then returns to S13 to repeat the above operation.

On the other hand, in the case of the divided page, the table update unit 15 performs the division management in the division management table storage unit 132 as described above based on the page turning instruction from the display mode determination unit 21 and the information on the gesture position. The table is updated (S14). Next, the divided display control unit 16 performs the divided display control process shown in FIG. 10 (S15), and then shifts to the divided display mode shown in FIG. 17 and repeats the above operation.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the dividing line 303 is given from the left and right ends to the other end to divide the page vertically. However, the dividing line 303 is given from the upper and lower ends to the other end to divide the page to the left and right. May be. Further, the dividing line 303 may be provided from one upper and lower end to one left and right ends, for example, to be divided into an upper left part and the remaining part. Alternatively, the dividing line 303 may be a closed curve, and the part in the closed curve and the remaining part may be divided. You may divide into. In either case, it can be realized by changing the position information in the division management table shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the page is divided into two, but it can be divided into three or more. In this case, the display page, position information, and page number area associated with the divided area are newly added to the division management table shown in FIG.

(Conclusion)
In the above, the example which implement | achieves each block of the electronic notebook apparatus 100, especially the electronic notebook function part 142 with software using CPU was demonstrated.

In other words, the electronic notebook device 100 includes a storage device (such as a CPU that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM that stores the program, a RAM that expands the program, and a memory that stores the program and various data. Recording medium). An object of the present invention is a recording medium on which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the electronic notebook device 100, which is software that realizes the functions described above, is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the electronic notebook device 100 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

Alternatively, the electronic notebook device 100 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. Each block of the electronic notebook device 100 may be configured by hardware logic.

As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing that displays a plurality of electronic information in units of pages on the display unit in units of pages in response to an input operation on a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit. In the apparatus, in order to solve the above-described problem, a page division operation for acquiring, via the touch panel, a page division input operation performed in a storage unit for storing information and a display area of the electronic information in the display unit The page number of the electronic information to be displayed for each of the division areas divided by the acquisition means, the division means for dividing the display area into a plurality of divided areas based on the input operation of the page division, and A management information creating means for creating a division management information in which a display page number is associated with the position information of the division area, and storing the division management information in the storage unit; With reference to the page turning operation acquisition means for acquiring the performed page turning input operation via the touch panel and the division management information stored in the storage unit, the position where the page turning input operation is performed is Refer to the management information updating means for identifying the included divided areas, and updating the display page number corresponding to the identified divided areas based on the page turning input operation, and the divided management information stored in the storage unit. And a divided display control means for controlling the display unit so as to display a part corresponding to the divided area of the electronic information of the display page number corresponding to the divided area for each divided area. It is characterized by.

Also, the control method of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing for displaying a plurality of electronic information in units of pages on the display unit in units of pages in response to an input operation on a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit. In order to solve the above-described problem, the apparatus control method includes a page division operation acquisition step of acquiring, via the touch panel, a page division input operation performed in the electronic information display area of the display unit; A division step of dividing the display area into a plurality of division areas based on the input operation of the page division, and display of the page number of the electronic information displayed for each of the division areas divided in the division step A management information creation step of creating division management information in which page numbers and position information of the division areas are associated with each other, and storing the division management information in the storage unit; and the display area The page turning input operation is performed with reference to the page turning operation acquisition step for acquiring the page turning input operation performed in step 1 through the touch panel and the division management information stored in the storage unit. A management information update step of specifying a divided area including a position and updating the display page number corresponding to the specified divided area based on the page turning input operation; and the divided management information stored in the storage unit. Referring to each divided area, a divided display control step for controlling the display unit so as to display a portion corresponding to the divided area of the electronic information of the display page number corresponding to the divided area. It is characterized by including.

According to the above configuration and method, the display area is divided into a plurality of divided areas based on the page division input operation, and when a page turning operation is performed in a certain divided area, the page turning operation is performed. Thus, the display page number corresponding to the divided area is updated, and the portion corresponding to the divided area is displayed in the electronic information of the updated display page number. That is, a certain part of a displayed page is changed to the same part of another page by a page turning operation.

Therefore, according to the present invention, as described above, with respect to a certain part on a page and another part, while referring to or entering information on the certain part of a page, Information can be referred to or entered for another portion, and information can be referenced or entered for the other portion of another page, thereby improving user convenience.

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the dividing unit sets electronic information to be divided, stores a page number of the set electronic information as a division target page number in the storage unit, and stores the electronic information in the storage unit. Based on the normal display control means for controlling to display on the display unit in units of pages, the page turning input operation acquired by the page turning operation acquisition means, and the division target page number stored in the storage unit In addition, display control switching means for switching between display control by the divided display control means and display control by the normal display control means may be further provided.

In this case, only the electronic information of the set division target page number is divided and displayed, and other electronic information is normally displayed in units of pages. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the divided display from being performed on the electronic information for which the divided display is not desired, and the convenience for the user is further improved. The number of page numbers to be divided may be one or plural, and may be a continuous page number or a discrete page number. In the case of continuous page numbers, the minimum and maximum page numbers may be stored in the storage unit.

Further, the dividing unit may set the page number to be divided according to the input operation of the page division. In this case, the user can set the electronic information to be divided. The division target page number may be automatically set by the information processing apparatus.

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the divided display control means refers to the division management information stored in the storage unit and displays the display page number corresponding to the divided area in each divided area. It is preferable to control the display unit. In this case, since the user can grasp the pages displayed in each divided area, the convenience is further improved. In addition, the division management information is further associated with the position information of the page number area for displaying the page number and stored in the storage unit, and based on the position information, the page number corresponding to each divided area is stored. It may be displayed.

Note that each means of the information processing apparatus can be executed on a computer by a control program. Furthermore, by storing the control program in a computer-readable recording medium, the control program can be executed on an arbitrary computer.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can improve user convenience in an electronic notebook device that displays electronic information in units of pages. Therefore, the present invention is widely suitable for tablet PCs, portable terminals, and the like that include a touch panel interface and have an electronic notebook function. Can be used.

11 State transition part (page division operation acquisition means)
12 page division (division means)
13 Table creation section (management information creation means)
14 Page turning reception (page turning operation acquisition means)
15 Table update unit (management information update means)
16 split display control unit (split display control means)
21 Display mode determination unit (display control switching means)
22 Normal display control unit (normal display control means)
100 Electronic notebook device (information processing device)
120 Touch Panel Unit 121 Display Unit 122 Position Input Unit 130 Storage Unit 131 Electronic Notebook Information Storage Unit 132 Division Management Table Storage Unit 140 Main Control Unit 141 Application Unit 142 Electronic Notebook Function Unit 151 Touch Pen 152 Finger 201 Page Number Area 202 Editing Area 210 Tool Box 213 Art knife 301/302 Dividing area 303 Dividing line

Claims (7)

In an information processing apparatus that displays a plurality of electronic information in units of pages on the display unit in units of pages in response to an input operation on a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit.
A storage unit for storing information;
A page division operation acquisition means for acquiring an input operation of page division performed in the display area of the electronic information in the display unit via the touch panel;
Dividing means for dividing the display area into a plurality of divided areas based on the input operation of the page division;
For each divided area divided by the dividing means, division management information in which a display page number that is a page number of the electronic information to be displayed and position information of the divided area is associated is created and stored in the storage unit. Management information creation means for storing;
Page turning operation acquisition means for acquiring a page turning input operation performed in the display area via the touch panel;
With reference to the division management information stored in the storage unit, the divided area including the position where the page turning input operation is performed is specified, and the display page number corresponding to the specified divided area is set to the page turning. Management information updating means for updating based on the input operation,
With reference to the division management information stored in the storage unit, for each division area, the electronic information of the display page number corresponding to the division area is displayed so as to display a portion corresponding to the division area. An information processing apparatus comprising: a divided display control unit that controls the display unit. The dividing means sets electronic information to be divided, and stores the page number of the set electronic information in the storage unit as a division target page number,
Normal display control means for controlling the electronic information to be displayed on the display unit in units of pages;
Based on the page turning input operation acquired by the page turning operation acquisition means and the division target page number stored in the storage unit, the display control by the divided display control means and the display by the normal display control means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display control switching means for switching between control. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the dividing unit sets the division target page number in response to an input operation of the page division. The divided display control means refers to the division management information stored in the storage unit and controls the display unit to display the display page number corresponding to the divided area in each divided area. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information processing apparatus is characterized in that: A control program for operating the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control program causes a computer to function as each of the above means. A computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to claim 5 is recorded. A control method for an information processing apparatus that displays a plurality of electronic information in units of pages on the display unit in units of pages according to an input operation on a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit,
A page division operation acquisition step for acquiring an input operation of page division performed in the display area of the electronic information in the display unit via the touch panel;
A dividing step of dividing the display area into a plurality of divided areas based on the input operation of the page division;
For each divided area divided in the dividing step, division management information is created by associating the display page number, which is the page number of the electronic information to be displayed, with the position information of the divided area. Management information creation step stored in
A page turning operation acquisition step for acquiring a page turning input operation performed in the display area via the touch panel;
With reference to the division management information stored in the storage unit, the divided area including the position where the page turning input operation is performed is specified, and the display page number corresponding to the specified divided area is set to the page turning. A management information update step to be updated based on the input operation,
With reference to the division management information stored in the storage unit, for each division area, the electronic information of the display page number corresponding to the division area is displayed so as to display a portion corresponding to the division area. A control method for an information processing apparatus, comprising: a divided display control step for controlling a display unit.

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