JP6545952B2 - Display input device and display method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display input device and the like capable of performing an input operation on a display surface by an operating body.

  Since an intuitive operation is possible while viewing a displayed image, a display input device using a so-called touch panel, which displays an image on the display surface and receives an input operation on the display surface, is widely used. ing. Among such display / input devices, devices capable of receiving a writing operation (input) by the user and displaying the written locus are also increasing. As such a display input device, for example, an information terminal such as a tablet terminal or a smartphone, some home game machines, or an electronic blackboard may be mentioned, and the user performs a writing operation with an operating body such as a finger or a stylus. By doing this, it is common to input characters and figures. In the present specification, a process of displaying characters or lines following a position instructed by an operating tool, that is, displaying a locus of the operating tool is referred to as “drawing”.

  FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a screen displayed on the display input device 100 used conventionally. As shown in FIG. 6, an indicator 101 is displayed on the screen of the display input device 100. A menu is displayed when the user presses the area where the indicator 101 is displayed with an operation tool such as a touch pen or a finger. The user can change, for example, the thickness and color of a line to be drawn by selecting a function to be used from the displayed menu.

  However, in order to change the thickness, color, and the like of the line to be drawn during the input operation, it is necessary to move the operation tool to the indicator 101 and perform the operation. Therefore, such a move operation is cumbersome and inconvenient for the user.

  Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, Patent Document 1 discloses a computer system that displays a menu palette at a detected position when a half-press operation is detected. Since the computer system described in Patent Document 1 displays a menu palette at a position where a half-press operation is detected, it is possible to efficiently perform function selection and execution with a small number of movements.

JP, 2011-257938, A (December 22, 2011 release)

  However, the computer system described in Patent Document 1 described above hides the menu palette when the change of the selected function is completed. Therefore, when the user wants to change two or more functions (items), the menu needs to be displayed repeatedly as many times as the number of functions desired to be changed, and the operation becomes complicated. There is a problem of

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a display input device which is easy to operate for the user.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned subject, a display input device concerning one mode of the present invention is a display input device which displays a locus of an input by an operating tool to a display surface, and the above-mentioned display screen which the above-mentioned operating tool contacted A detection unit for detecting the upper coordinate and the contact state at the coordinate, and a plurality of items related to the appearance of the locus around the coordinate at which the specific contact state is detected when the detection unit detects the specific contact state And a locus display section for displaying the locus with the plurality of items selected regarding the appearance.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, when the detection unit detects a specific touch state, a plurality of items related to the appearance of the trajectory are continuously displayed in a selectable manner around the detected coordinates. Therefore, the user can continuously select a plurality of items regarding the appearance of the trajectory, and can change the plurality of items efficiently. Therefore, it is possible to provide a display input device with good operability for the user.

It is a block diagram which shows the component of the display-input apparatus based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the display input device shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen as which the menu ring was displayed on the display surface of the display input device shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the menu ring shown in FIG. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows operation | movement of the menu ring shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen of the display input device used conventionally.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1
(Configuration of display input device)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing components of the display input device 1 according to the present embodiment. The display input device 1 is a device that performs processing in accordance with an input operation performed by an operation body such as a finger or a stylus, and includes a display operation unit 10, a control unit 20, and a storage unit 30 as shown in FIG.

  The display operation unit 10 is a user interface, and includes a display unit 11 and a sensor unit 13. In the present embodiment, the display unit 11 and the sensor unit 13 are provided integrally.

  The display unit 11 is a display device that displays an image on the display surface 12. The display unit 11 is configured of, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic EL display (OLED), or the like.

  The sensor unit 13 is a sensor that detects a touch on the display surface 12 of the operation body, and is realized by, for example, a capacitance sensor, an infrared sensor, an optical sensor, a resistive film sensor, an electromagnetic induction sensor, or the like. When the sensor unit 13 detects a touch, the sensor unit 13 outputs a signal to the control unit 20.

  The storage unit 30 is a block storing various information and various programs, and stores data generated by the user in addition to input coordinates and input information of an input operation on the display surface 12.

  The control unit 20 is a block that controls each block provided in the display input device 1, and includes a display control unit 21 and a detection unit 25.

  The detection unit 25 includes a position detection unit 26 and a contact detection unit 27. The position detection unit 26 detects the contact position on the display surface 12 of the operating body based on the output from the sensor unit 13. The contact detection unit 27 is in a contact state (for example, a long tap, a single tap, or the like) based on the contact time of the operation body with the display surface 12 at the coordinates detected by the position detection unit 26 based on the output from the sensor unit 13. Detect double tap).

  The display control unit 21 is a block that controls display on the display surface 12 of the display unit 11 and includes an item display unit 22 and a trajectory display unit 23. The trajectory display unit 23 displays the trajectory of the input by the operating tool on the display surface 12 based on the position on the display surface 12 detected by the detection unit 25. The item display unit 22 displays a menu ring 40 described later on the display surface 12 when the detection unit 25 detects that a specific operation is performed on the display surface 12. Details of the operation of the item display unit 22 will be described later.

(Operation of display input device)
Next, the operation of the display input device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described based on FIGS.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the process flow of the display input device 1 according to the present embodiment.

  When the user performs an operation input on the display surface 12 using the operating body, the sensor unit 13 detects a touch of the operating body on the display surface 12 (S1), and the detection unit 25 of the control unit 20 A signal is output (YES in S1). The detection unit 25 detects the position on the display surface 12 based on the input signal, and determines whether the touch is a long tap (specific touch state) (S2). Here, the long tap is one of the contact states of the operation body to the display surface 12, and the contact detection unit 27 of the detection unit 25 determines that the contact time of the operation body on the display surface 12 is a threshold (for example, 3) If it is at least about seconds, it is determined that the tap is long.

  When the touch on the display surface 12 is not a long tap (NO in S2), the detection unit 25 determines that the drawing is a normal drawing (S3), and the trajectory display unit 23 responds to the operation on the display surface 12 by the user. Then, the trajectory of the operating body is drawn on the display surface 12.

  When the touch on the display surface 12 is a long tap (YES in S2), the item display unit 22 displays a menu ring on the display surface 12 (S4). Here, if the time used for determining whether it is a long tap is too short, the item is displayed when it is not necessary and it is bothersome, but it is noticed that the user can select the item if it is too long There is also no case, and it may be set appropriately from these balances. In addition, the user may set or change the time used to determine whether the tap is a long tap.

  FIG. 3 shows a screen example in which the display surface 12 is long-tapped by the operation body 50 and the menu ring 40 is displayed on the display surface 12 by the item display unit 22 in the display input device 1 according to the present embodiment. .

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the display surface 12 is tapped for a long time, a substantially annular menu ring 40 is displayed around the position (coordinates) at which the display surface 12 is tapped. Here, the periphery is different depending on the size of the display surface 12, but for example, if the display surface 12 is 130 cm × 75 cm, it is about 15 cm.

  FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the menu ring 40 shown in FIG. The menu ring 40 has a function to be able to select a plurality of items related to the appearance of the trajectory of the operation body 50 displayed on the display surface 12 in succession. Possible items displayed in the menu ring 40 can be line thickness (line width), line color, line type (eg, pen, brush pen, marker, graphic pen), etc. In the embodiment, an example is shown in which the color of the line and the thickness of the line can be selected.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the menu ring 40, color pallets 41a to 41f which are a part of an annular ring formed on the same circumference, and a display form of lines currently set, such as line thickness and color, etc. And an instruction line 42 indicating.

  Each of the color palettes 41a to 41f is displayed in a different color, and a character indicating a color is displayed at the center. In the present embodiment, the color pallet 41a corresponds to black, the color pallet 41b corresponds to red, the color pallet 41c corresponds to blue, the color pallet 41d corresponds to green, the color pallet 41e corresponds to yellow, and the color pallet 41f corresponds to white. The types and the number of colors displayed on the color palette are not limited to those described above, and can be changed as appropriate.

  The indicator line 42 is a straight line extending radially outward from the center of the torus toward a predetermined color palette. The instruction line 42 is displayed with the line color and line thickness currently set in order to display the line displayed on the display surface 12 as the locus of the input by the operating body 50 using the example. Further, the instruction line 42 extends toward the color palette corresponding to the currently selected color. In FIG. 4, since black is set as the color of the line, the instruction line 42 extends from the center of the menu ring 40 toward the color pallet 41 a and is displayed in black.

  Returning to FIG. 2, when the menu ring 40 is displayed by a long tap on the display surface 12 by the operation body 50, next, selection of a color is started (S5), and the detection unit 25 has a long display surface 12 It is determined whether or not it is tapped (S6).

  FIG. 5 shows the operation of the menu ring 40. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in (a) of FIG. 5, even when the menu ring 40 is displayed, if the long tap is continued (YES in S6), one of the color pallets 41a to 41f of the menu ring 40 is one. The part (one color) rotates counterclockwise, and the instruction line 42 changes to red corresponding to the color pallet 41 b after rotation. Thereafter, the process returns to S6 and repeats the same operation. Therefore, as long as the long tap is continued, the operations of S6 and S7 are repeated, and the color pallets 41a to 41f of the menu ring 40 continue to rotate.

  As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the user releases the display surface 12 from the display surface 12 and determines the color when the indication line 42 has a desired color. Then, the detection unit 25 determines that the long tap is not performed (NO in S6), and ends the color selection (S8).

  Further, even when the long tap is ended at the stage when the menu ring 40 is displayed, S6 is NO, the color is not changed, and the color selection is ended.

  When the detection unit 25 next detects a touch on the display surface 12 after the color selection is completed, the detection unit 25 determines whether the touch is a single tap (S9).

  If the detecting unit 25 determines that the touch is not a single tap (NO in S9), then the detecting unit 25 determines whether the contact is a double tap (S12). When it is determined that the contact is a double tap (YES in S12), the thickness of the line is changed (S13).

  (C) of FIG. 5 is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of the detection part 25 detecting the double tap with respect to the display surface 12. FIG. When the menu ring 40 is displayed, double tapping inside the menu ring 40 changes the thickness of the instruction line 42 displayed in the menu ring 40.

  When the thickness of the line is changed in S13, the process returns to S9 and the process is repeated. Therefore, the user can change the thickness of the line to a desired thickness by repeatedly double tapping inside the menu ring 40 while the menu ring 40 is displayed.

  When it is determined in S12 that the double tap is not performed (NO in S12), the process returns to S5 and color selection is started. That is, even if the color selection is completed, the color can be changed again by long tap.

  In S9, when the detection unit 25 determines that it is a single tap (YES in S9), the color and thickness of the line are determined (S10), and the item display unit 22 does not display the menu ring 40. To do (S11). The condition for hiding the menu ring 40 is not limited to this, and the detection unit 25 detects a touch at a location other than the coordinates at which the menu ring 40 is displayed, with the menu ring 40 displayed. The menu ring 40 may be hidden at this point.

  In the present embodiment, since the color of the line and the thickness of the line are determined by detecting a single tap, for example, even when the user removes the seat while using the display input device 1, etc. If single tap is not performed, the state before determination of line color and line thickness is maintained, which is convenient for the user.

  As described above, in the display input device 1 according to the present embodiment, by long tapping on the display surface 12 with the operating body 50, the menu ring 40 is displayed centering on the position where the long tap is performed. The user can select (change) the color of the line by long tapping inside the color pallets 41a to 41f using the operation body 50, and double tap on the inside of the color pallets 41a to 41f. By doing this, it is possible to select (change) the thickness of the line. When the selection operation is completed, the user can hide the menu ring 40 and continue drawing in the color and thickness of the selected line by single tapping on the inside of the color palettes 41a to 41f.

  Here, in the touch panel conventionally used, it is necessary to operate and change the menu displayed at a predetermined position on the screen even if the color and thickness of the line are frequently changed. was there. Therefore, when the size of the screen becomes large as in the electronic blackboard, the user needs to move when making a change, and the change operation is troublesome.

  On the other hand, in the display input device 1 according to the present embodiment, the item display unit 22 displays the menu ring 40 with the position detected by the position detection unit 26 as a center, so an input operation is being performed. Even in such a case, it is possible to change frequently changed items such as line color and line thickness on the spot without moving. Therefore, it is possible to provide a display input device with high convenience by the user.

Other Embodiments
Other embodiments of the invention are described below. In the other embodiments, the members having the same functions as those of the display input device of the first embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the first embodiment, what can be selected by the menu ring 40 displayed by the item display unit 22 is an item related to the appearance of the trajectory of the operation object drawn thereafter, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The items relating to the appearance such as the color and thickness of the line displayed on the display surface 12 and drawn before the tap may be changed (the second embodiment).

  In the display input device shown in FIG. 1, the color of the line and the thickness of the line can be selected, but in another embodiment, two types of the line color and the line type can be selected. It may be Alternatively, items relating to the appearance of a locus of three types of line color, line thickness and line type, or four types of line density added thereto, or more types may be selected. With such a configuration, items related to appearance can be selected at one time, which is convenient for the user (embodiment 3). In addition, the item regarding the external appearance shown here is an illustration, and even if it is an item other than these, it does not matter.

  In still another embodiment, the display / input device shown in FIG. 1 may be configured to include a communication unit and add an item related to selectable external appearance by communicating with the outside (fourth embodiment). Furthermore, the content (trajectory) written on the display surface 12 by the communication unit may be transmitted to another display device, a printing device, or the like (fifth embodiment).

[Example of software implementation]
The control unit 20 of the display input device 1 described above may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or realized by software using a CPU (central processing unit). May be

  In the latter case, the display input device 1 is a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that implements each function, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which the program and various data are readably recorded by a computer (or CPU). Alternatively, a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for developing the program, and the like are provided. The object of the present invention is achieved by the computer (or CPU) reading the program from the recording medium and executing the program. As the recording medium, a “non-transitory tangible medium”, for example, a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The display input device 1 according to the aspect 1 of the present invention is a display input device 1 that displays a locus of an input by the operating body 50 on the display surface 12, and the coordinates on the display surface 12 and the operating body 50 are in contact. When the detection unit 25 detects a contact condition in coordinates and the detection unit 25 detects a specific contact condition, a plurality of items related to the appearance of the trajectory can be continuously selected around the coordinates at which the specific contact condition is detected. And a trajectory display unit 23 for displaying trajectories with a plurality of items selected for the appearance.

  According to the above configuration, when the detection unit 25 detects a specific touch state, a plurality of items regarding the appearance of the trajectory are continuously displayed in a selectable manner around the detected coordinates. Therefore, the user can continuously select a plurality of items regarding the appearance of the trajectory, and can change the plurality of items efficiently. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide the display / input device 1 with good operability for the user.

  In the display input device 1 according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in the above aspect 1, the plurality of items are selected from the color, the line width, the line type and the density of the locus.

  According to the above configuration, the user can change the items having a high frequency of change by selecting a plurality of items from the color, line width and line type of the locus without moving the operation body 50. it can. Therefore, the display input device 1 with high convenience can be provided.

  In the display input device 1 according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in the above aspect 1 or 2, the detection unit 25 detects the contact time of the operation body 50 as detection of the contact state, and the contact time is the contact time It is a state above the threshold.

  According to the above configuration, since the specific contact state is the state in which the contact time is equal to or greater than the threshold, the user contacts (long taps) the display surface 12 with the operating body 50 for the threshold time or more. Items can be selected continuously. Therefore, it is possible to provide the display input device 1 capable of selecting a plurality of items by a simple operation. It should be noted that if the contact time threshold is too short, items may be displayed when it is not necessary and it may be annoying, but if it is too long, the user may not notice that they can select items. From the balance, the contact time threshold may be set as appropriate. In addition, it may be provided that the user can set or change the threshold of the contact time.

  In the display input device 1 according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the item display unit 22 displays all of the plurality of items related to the appearance of the trajectory using an illustration.

  According to the above configuration, since all of the plurality of items regarding the appearance are displayed using the illustration, the user can select the plurality of items while confirming the illustration to be drawn. As a result, it is possible to provide the display input device 1 that is highly convenient for the user.

  A display method according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a display method in the display input device 1 for displaying a locus of an input by the operating body on the display surface 12; coordinates on the display surface 12 with which the operating body 50 contacts and the coordinates When a specific touch condition is detected in the detection step and in the detection step, a plurality of items relating to the appearance of the locus are successively selected around the coordinates at which the specific touch condition is detected. It includes an item display step for possible display, and a track display step for displaying a track with a plurality of items selected regarding the appearance.

  According to the above method, the same effect as that of the display input device can be obtained, and the user can continuously select a plurality of items related to the appearance of the trajectory, and can change the plurality of items efficiently. Thus, it is possible to provide the display method of the display input device 1 with good operability for the user.

  In addition, the display input device 1 according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer, and in this case, the computer is operated as each unit (limited to software elements) included in the display input device 1. A display input control program of the display input device 1 which realizes the display input device 1 by a computer, and a computer readable recording medium recording the same also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, new technical features can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  The present invention can be used, for example, in a display input device such as an electronic blackboard or a tablet terminal capable of performing an input operation on a display surface by an operating tool.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 display input apparatus 12 display surface 22 item display part 23 locus | trajectory display part 25 detection part 50 operation body

Claims (8)

In a display input device for displaying a locus of an input by an operating body on a display surface,
A detection unit that detects coordinates on the display surface touched by the operating body and a contact state at the coordinates;
An item display unit for continuously and individually displaying a plurality of items related to the appearance of the locus around the coordinates at which the specific contact state is detected, when the detection unit detects a specific contact state;
A trajectory display unit for displaying the trajectory in the plurality of items selected regarding the appearance ;
The item display unit changes the type of the first item among the plurality of items in accordance with the contact time of the operating body and causes the operation to be performed on the second item of the plurality of items. A display input device characterized in that the type is changed and selected according to the number of times of body contact .   The display / input device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of items are selected from color, line width, line type and density of the locus. The detection unit detects a contact time of the operation body as the detection of the contact state,
The display / input device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the specific contact state is a state in which the contact time is equal to or greater than a threshold.   The display / input device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the item display unit displays all of the plurality of items related to the appearance of the locus using an illustration. In a display input device for displaying a locus of an input by an operating body on a display surface,
A detection unit that detects coordinates on the display surface touched by the operating body and a contact state at the coordinates;
An item display unit for continuously and selectively displaying a plurality of items related to the appearance of the locus around the coordinates at which the specific contact state is detected, when the detection unit detects a specific contact state;
And a locus display unit for displaying the locus in the plurality of items selected regarding the appearance.
The item display unit changes the type of the first item among the plurality of items in accordance with the contact time of the operating body and causes the operation to be performed on the second item of the plurality of items. Depending on the number of contact with the body, change the type to be selected,
A display input device characterized in that the item display unit displays all of a plurality of items related to the appearance of the locus using an example of a predetermined line image. In a display method by a display input device for displaying a locus of an input by an operating body on a display surface,
Detecting a coordinate on the display surface touched by the operating body and a contact state at the coordinate;
An item display step of successively and selectively displaying a plurality of items related to the appearance of the locus around the coordinates at which the specific touch state is detected when the specific touch state is detected in the detection step. When,
And the trajectory display step for displaying the trajectory in the plurality of items that have been selected for the appearance, only including,
In the item display step, the type of the first item among the plurality of items is changed and selected according to the contact time of the operation body, and the operation is performed for the second item among the plurality of items. A display method characterized by changing and selecting a type according to the number of times of body contact .   A display program for causing a computer to function as the display input device according to claim 1, wherein the display program causes the computer to function as the detection unit, the item display unit, and the trajectory display unit.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the display program of Claim 7.

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