JP2005303581A - Operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem, wherein a series of operations does not always match with a user's feeling of operating, because process is carried out one by one in accordance with a fixed rotation to sometimes cause deviation in feeling between actually performed operation contents and an interactive screen, even though operation is performed quickly or slowly, when a series of operations are conducted by the conventional operating method, such as jog dial. <P>SOLUTION: By changing a rotational operation threshold for performing operation determination, on the basis of interactive screen contents, such as the number of selection items and the number of all items and a user's operational rotation speed, the user's operating feeling coincides with operation contents in the interactive screen, to improve user operability. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a system including a processing device such as a recording device, a digital television, and an STB, and an operation device such as a remote controller, and relates to a technique for performing interactive processing on an interactive screen.

In recent years, as recorders such as digital televisions and DVDs have become widespread, it has become easy to store a large amount of program content. In order to select and search for the target content from the large amount of content stored in this way, an interface with good operability that can smoothly operate a series of content groups on the dialog screen is required. . However, in the conventional button operation, the button must be pressed many times before the target content is selected, which imposes a burden on the user. In order to solve this problem, there are input devices such as a jog shuttle and a jog dial suitable for operating a series of contents. Many of these are mainly provided in a remote controller of a video recorder, and are used for specifying a speed such as reproduction / fast-forwarding of contents, editing a moving image, and the like. Regarding the jog dial, there is a prior art described in Patent Document 1.
JP 2002-073625 A

  However, whether or not the user can perform the interaction process comfortably depends on the arrangement and the number of selection items on the interaction screen and the process the user intends to perform on the selection item. For example, when it is desired to skip to a specific scene of a predetermined program using the jog dial, the user first rotates to some extent quickly before and after the specific scene, and then slowly rotates for fine adjustment when the user reaches before and after the specific scene. It is common. However, when such a series of operations is performed by a conventional method such as a jog dial, even if the operation is performed quickly or slowly, each scene changes according to a certain amount of rotation. In some cases, a difference in feeling may occur between the content of the operation actually performed and the dialogue screen, which does not necessarily match the user's feeling of operation. Also, even if the number of items in the dialog screen or the time length of the recorded content itself changes, items are selected according to a certain amount of rotation, so the larger the number of items, the longer the recorded content time. The longer the length, the greater the number of operations and the operation time, which imposes a burden on the user.

  An object of the present invention is to change a rotation operation threshold value for performing an operation determination based on interactive screen contents such as the number of items selectable by the user and the total number of items and the operation speed or operation acceleration of the user. The user's operability is matched with the operation content in the dialogue screen to improve user operability.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an operation system including an operation device and a processing device, wherein the operation device touches or depresses an operation member having a predetermined shape and an arbitrary position on the operation member. An operation means for accepting an operation and a second operation for tracing the operation member or rotating the operation member from a user; and an output means for outputting position information indicating the operation position to the processing device by the operation means. An apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives position information output from an operating device; a storage unit that stores positional information received by the receiving unit; and time information at which the receiving unit receives the positional information; and the storage unit Calculation means for calculating operation information based on at least one of position information and time information stored in the information, and the reception means based on the operation information calculated by the calculation means And determining means for determining whether the received positional information is interpreted as direction information or rotational information, and assigning on which interactive screen each of the first operation and the second operation is valid An operation table described; processing means for executing processing described in the operation table based on a determination result of the determination means; and display means for displaying contents processed by the processing means on a plurality of interactive screens. Is provided.

  The operation system according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, and as long as an operation member having a predetermined shape is provided, rotation such as a movement amount and a rotation amount is performed based on operation information such as an operation speed and an operation acceleration. Processing using information as a parameter and processing using direction information as a parameter can be executed. Thereby, it is possible to realize a system with a good user interface according to the configuration of the dialogue screen.

  Further, the processing device further sets a determination threshold value for determining whether the position information received from the receiving means is either direction information or rotation information based on the operation information calculated by the calculating means. A determination threshold value setting means for setting, and when the operation information calculated by the calculation means falls below the determination threshold value, the determination means interprets the position information as direction information, and the calculation means When the operation information calculated by the above exceeds the determination threshold value, the determination unit may interpret the position information as rotation information. This makes it possible to determine whether the operation is based on rotation information or the direction information based on operation information such as operation speed and operation acceleration, and the user interface according to the configuration of the dialog screen is good. A system can be realized.

  The processing device sets a rotation threshold value for determining the rotation information as one of a plurality of rotation processes when the determination unit determines that the position information received from the reception unit is rotation information. A rotation operation threshold value setting unit, and the processing unit performs a rotation operation set by the rotation operation threshold value setting unit when the determination unit determines that the position information received from the reception unit is rotation information. There may be provided a rotation processing means for determining the rotation information as one of a plurality of rotation processes based on a threshold value and executing the rotation process described in the operation table. Thereby, when the operation is based on the rotation information, the user can realize a system with a good user interface according to the configuration of the dialogue screen based on the processing determined by the rotation operation threshold value.

  The rotation operation threshold value setting means is based on the operation information calculated by the calculation means, the number of items displayed one or more continuously on the dialog screen, or the total number of items that can be selected by the user. A rotation threshold value for determining any one of a plurality of rotation processes as the operation information may be set. Thus, by changing the rotation operation threshold value for performing the operation determination based on the interactive screen contents such as the number of items and the total number of items that can be selected by the user and the user's operation speed or operation acceleration, And the operation content in the dialogue screen can be matched, and an interface with better operability can be realized by the user.

  The operation system includes an operation device and a processing device, and the operation device outputs to the processing device position information indicating an operation member having a predetermined shape and an operation position where an arbitrary position on the operation member is touched or pressed. An output unit, and the processing device determines whether the position information received from the receiving unit is one of a plurality of operation areas for each dialogue screen. The operation area threshold setting means for setting the threshold value of the operation area, and in which operation area the position information received from the receiving means exists based on the threshold value set by the operation area threshold value setting means Operation area determination means for determining the operation, an operation table in which an assignment of which process is performed for each operation area is described for each dialog screen, and an operation determined by the operation area determination means Based on the frequency, and for performing processing described in the operation table, the contents of the processing means has processed may be provided and display means for displaying the interactive screen. As a result, the user can realize an interface with better operability for the user by dividing and setting threshold values of different sizes for each area of the input device.

  Further, the operation area threshold value setting means may set a threshold value for each user for determining the position information received from the receiving means as one of a plurality of operation areas for each interactive screen. Thereby, by dividing and setting the operation performed by the user into operation areas corresponding to the user's physical characteristics (finger size, nail length, etc.), an interface with better operability for the user can be realized. it can.

  The operation area threshold value setting means further includes a detection means for detecting a user-specific operation caused by a physical characteristic of the user from the operation device, and the reception for each dialog screen based on the user operation detected by the detection means. You may set the threshold value for determining the positional information received from the means in any of several operation area | regions. As a result, it is possible to realize an interface with better operability for the user by recognizing a user-specific operation pattern input by the user automatically or as an initial setting, and dividing and setting the operation pattern according to the user operation. it can.

  Further, the operation area threshold value setting means includes a plurality of pieces of position information received from the receiving means for each dialogue screen based on an operation table in which an operation area other than the vertical and horizontal directions can be larger than an operation area that can be taken in the vertical and horizontal directions. A threshold value for determining one of the operation areas may be set. Thus, for example, in an eight-direction operation, an interface with better operability for the user can be realized by dividing and setting the operation in each direction into operation areas that are easy for the user to select.

  Embodiments of an operation system according to the present invention will be described below.

(Embodiment 1)
<Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an operation system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the system includes a remote control 1 as an operation device and a digital TV 100 as a processing device. The user operates the remote controller 1 while watching the dialogue screen displayed on the digital TV 100 to perform dialogue processing such as a recording reservation operation, channel selection, and volume adjustment of the digital TV 100.

  The remote controller 1 receives an operation from a user, converts the content of the operation into a remote control code, and transmits it to the digital TV 100 for transmission.

  The digital TV 100 receives a digital broadcast and displays a broadcast program, and further displays an interactive screen for performing interactive processing such as a recording reservation operation, channel selection, and volume adjustment by the remote controller 1.

  Subsequently, the configurations of the remote controller 1 and the digital TV 100 will be described.

  First, the remote controller 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overview of the remote controller 1. It should be noted in FIG. 2 that the remote controller 1 is provided with an input device 2 that is a disk-shaped operation member. FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of the remote controller 1.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the remote controller 1 is mainly composed of an operation unit 201 and an output unit 202. The operation unit 201 includes an input device 2, an angle-coordinate conversion unit 3, and a remote control code generation unit 4.

  The input device 2 receives an operation on the guide portion (black ring portion in the figure). The operations accepted by the input device 2 include a directional operation (first operation) performed by touching or pressing down an arbitrary point on the guide unit, and a rotational operation (second operation performed by tracing or rotating the guide unit). ), There are various operations combining these (first operation and second operation). When these operations are performed by the user, the input device 2 outputs position information. Here, the position information is angle information, and this angle information is expressed as a clockwise angle with the upper side of the operation member as a reference. Then, the angle information obtained here is transferred to the angle-coordinate conversion unit 3.

  The angle-coordinate conversion unit 3 calculates coordinate information corresponding to the angle information based on the angle information acquired from the input device 2, and passes the obtained coordinate information to the remote control code generation unit 4.

  The remote control code generation unit 4 generates a remote control code for remote control of the digital TV 100 based on the angle information and coordinate information acquired from the input device 2 and the angle-coordinate conversion unit 3, and delivers the remote control code to the output unit 202. Here, the remote control code is composed of STX, control code, ETX, etc. The control code is manufacturer code, parity, device code for identifying the device to be operated, and the input device 2 and the angle-coordinate conversion unit. 3 is composed of the angle information and coordinate information obtained in (3).

  The output unit 202 transmits the remote control code generated by the remote control code generation unit 4 to the digital TV 100 using infrared rays.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the digital TV 100 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the digital TV includes a reception unit 301, a storage unit 302, a calculation unit 303, a determination unit 304, an operation table 305, a processing unit 306, and a display unit 307. The position information and time information are stored in the storage means 302 from the receiving means 301 that has received the position information from the remote controller 1. The operation information is calculated by the calculation means 303 from the stored position information and time information. Based on the calculated operation information, the determination unit 304 determines whether the position information received from the reception unit 301 is direction information or rotation information, and the operation table 305 is determined according to the result determined by the determination unit 304. Are processed by the processing means 306 and the result is displayed on the display means 307 which is an interactive screen.

  FIG. 5 shows that the determination threshold value setting means 308 and the rotation operation threshold value setting means 309 are further added before the determination means 304 in the processing apparatus of FIG. 310 and rotation processing means 311 are shown in detail. The threshold value for determining the rotation information or the direction information in the determination threshold setting unit 308 varies depending on the size of the operation information calculated by the calculation unit 303. When the determination unit 304 determines that the rotation information is set, the rotation operation threshold value setting unit 309 sets the rotation operation threshold value using the calculated operation information, and based on the rotation operation threshold value, Rotation processing is performed by the rotation processing means 311.

  FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of an operation system that performs only rotation processing in an operation device including the jog shuttle of FIG. The operation is the same operation except that the determination process is not performed in the rotation processing operation shown in FIG. 5, and the rotation operation threshold value setting means 309 sets the rotation operation threshold value using the calculated operation information. Based on the rotation operation threshold value, rotation processing means 311 performs rotation processing.

<Operation>
Next, the operation of the operation system according to the present invention will be described separately for the operation device and the processing device. First, the operation of the remote controller 1 that is the operation device of the operation system will be described using the flow shown in FIG.

  First, it is determined that an operation has been performed when the circumference of the input device 2 is touched with a finger, and the operation is started (step S1). And angle information is detected based on the contacted position. (Step S2). Next, the obtained angle information is transferred to the angle-coordinate conversion unit 3, and coordinate information is calculated from the angle information (step S3). Using the coordinate information and angle information obtained there, the remote control code generation unit 4 generates a remote control code (step S4). The generated remote control code is transmitted from the output means 202 by infrared rays (step S5).

  This is the end of the description of the operation of the remote controller 1 that is the operation device of the operation system. Next, the operation of the digital TV 100, which is the processing system processing apparatus, will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the remote control code transmitted from the remote controller 1 is received by the receiving means 301. (Step S11). Then, the position information is extracted from the receiving unit 301 and stored in the storage unit 302 (step S12). When the time being measured indicates a predetermined time (step S13), position information is read from the storage means 302 (step S14). If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the remote control code is continuously received. In step S14, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of pieces of position information read from the storage unit 302 (step S15). Calculation is performed (step S16). Here, the operation information indicates the amount of movement since the last reception, but this operation information may be the amount of change in position per time, that is, the operation speed or the operation acceleration. In addition, the position information used for calculating the operation information is calculated using three or more pieces of information as long as it is information received within a predetermined time as well as the first and last information received within a predetermined time. Also good. If the position information is one in step S15, the determination unit 304 determines that the operation is a direction operation (step S19). Then, the operation information calculated in step S16 is transferred to the processing means 306, and the operation method is determined based on the information (step S17). When the operation information is smaller than a predetermined value, it is determined as a rotation operation (step S18), and when the operation information is larger than a predetermined value, it is determined as a direction designation operation (step S19). This is the end of the description of the operation of the digital TV 100 which is the processing apparatus of the system.

  Next, FIG. 9 shows a flow of operation processing when the determination unit 304 determines that the rotation operation is performed.

  When the determination unit 304 determines that the operation is a rotation operation (step S21), the calculation unit 303 sets a rotation operation threshold value based on the operation information (step S22). When the operation information is larger than the rotation operation threshold value (step S23), processing such as item movement and enlargement / reduction is executed (step S24). This is the end of the description of the flow of operation processing when the determination unit 304 determines that the operation is a rotation operation.

  Next, the specific operation of the operation system according to the present invention will be described first by taking the channel selection operation as an example.

  Next, a method for setting the rotation operation threshold value in the case of the rotation operation will be described using the flow shown in FIG. Operation information is calculated based on the position information and the time interval (step S31). If the operation information is smaller than a predetermined value based on the operation information (step S32), the number of items on the display screen is counted. (Step S33). When the number of items is smaller than the predetermined value, the rotation operation threshold value is set to a value obtained by dividing 360 ° by the number of items (step S34). When the number of items is larger than a predetermined value, the rotation operation threshold value is set to the rotation processing threshold value (α). (Step S35). On the other hand, when the operation information is larger than the predetermined value, the rotation operation threshold value is set to the rotation operation threshold value (β) (step S36). A specific example of setting the rotation operation threshold is shown in the table of FIG. When the operation speed is greater than 20 ° / 120 ms, that is, when the operation is performed quickly, the rotation operation threshold value is always set to 45 °. When the operation speed is less than 20 ° / 120 ms, that is, when the operation is slowly performed, the number of items displayed on the dialog screen is checked, and when the number of items is smaller than 18, for example, when the number of items is 6. The rotation operation threshold is set to 360 ° / 6 = 60 °. Conversely, when the number of items is 18 or more, the rotation operation threshold is set to 20 °. Note that the method of dividing the rotation operation threshold value is not limited to the method shown here, and may be a fixed value set by the user or a value that is different for each user. This is the end of the description of the method for setting the rotation operation threshold value in the case of the rotation operation.

  FIG. 12 shows an indicator of a digital television channel. The screen shown here is an example of selecting a channel from items of eight channels arranged in a circle. The user can select the target channel by using the first operation of touching or pushing down the position with respect to the channel to be selected, but by using the second operation of rotating or tracing along the circumference. Can also be selected. FIG. 13 shows a function table corresponding to this channel selection screen. In FIG. 13, a function table 001 corresponding to the second operation is allocated. The determination threshold value at this time is 8 items based on the algorithm of FIG. 9, and therefore the determination threshold value is always set to 45 °. On the other hand, FIG. 14 shows an example of a content search screen. Twenty-six English letters from A to Z are arranged on the circumference, and the user selects a character string to be searched from the circumference on the display unit at the center of the screen and inputs it. When entering characters, as with channel tuning, you can quickly press down on the approximate position of the character you want to select and perform a second operation of tracing along the circumference from that position. You can choose. FIG. 15 shows a function table corresponding to this content search screen. In FIG. 15, a function table 002 corresponding to the second operation is allocated. The rotation operation threshold value at this time is set to 45 ° when the fast tracing operation is performed because the number of items is 26 based on the algorithm of FIG. 9, but when the slow tracing operation is performed. It will be set to 20 °. In this way, by using the rotation operation threshold value corresponding to the operation information such as the number of items and the amount of change in angle, an interface that more closely matches the user's operation feeling can be provided.

(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, the processing device in the operation system has been described as a digital television. However, the second embodiment is an embodiment in which content recorded on a DVD recorder or the like is edited. Here, a description will be given using a DVD recorder.

  FIG. 16 shows an editing screen for program recording content in the DVD recorder. The left diagram in FIG. 16 shows program recording contents, and an operation indicator is displayed in a circular shape on the upper right. The right figure of FIG. 16 is the figure which expanded and displayed the indicator. The circumference of the indicator indicates the total recording time for one recorded content, and the recorded content is marked for each scene on the circumference of the indicator. The position of the mark is determined based on the relative time ratio of the scene with respect to the total recording time, with the portion directly above the circumference being the program start time.

  The user can first select a target program scene by touching a rough absolute position corresponding to the program scene to be viewed on the operation device, and can quickly display the head portion of the scene. it can. Furthermore, when it is desired to move to a specific point of the target program scene, after selecting the target program scene based on the algorithm of FIG. High-speed playback can be performed by frame-by-frame operation for switching scenes one by one and quickly tracing the operation members.

(Embodiment 3)
In the first embodiment, the channel selection of the digital television is performed. However, in the third embodiment, the menu item of the digital television is selected.

  FIG. 17 shows a screen for selecting a menu of the digital television. The currently selected item is displayed in gray. In this case, the user can operate in eight directions using the input device. FIG. 18A shows an example of assigning angular ranges for each direction when the operation member is rectangular. FIG. 19A shows an example of assigning angular ranges for each direction when the operation member is circular. For example, a range surrounded by diagonal lines indicates an operation area with respect to the upper right diagonal direction, and a range surrounded by a dotted line group is an operation area with respect to the right direction. Further, a function table corresponding to the first operation at this time is as shown in FIG. Here, the operation areas are all assigned in equal operation areas in the upper, lower, left and right diagonal directions. However, in consideration of the characteristics of the user's finger, it is difficult to sensuously push the diagonal direction more than the vertical and horizontal directions. FIG. 18B and FIG. 19B are examples of assignment of angle ranges for each direction when the angle range in the oblique direction is made larger than the vertical and horizontal directions. Further, the operation area threshold value table corresponding to the first operation at this time is as shown in FIG. A specific operation example is shown in FIG. The left figure of FIG. 22 shows a screen for selecting a menu of the digital television, and it is assumed that the menu is arranged in a circle as an indicator in the upper right part. Moreover, the figure which expanded the indicator is the right figure of FIG. Here, menus corresponding to the eight directions include “channel selection”, “screen display”, “mode switching”, “input switching”, “volume”, “volume switching”, “CH return”, “mute”, and the like. It should be noted that the eight items need not be limited to these, and the arrangement thereof can be arbitrarily customized so that the user can easily operate. Here, the operation area threshold value table for each direction is as shown in FIG. In this way, by making the operation area in the oblique direction larger than the vertical and horizontal directions, an interface that is easier for the user to operate can be provided. In the present embodiment, the operation region threshold value table is described as a unique operation region threshold value table, but an operation region threshold value table that is different for each user may be used. Further, it may be an operation region threshold value table based on the user's physical characteristics such as finger size and nail length.

<Supplement>
Although the operation system according to the present invention has been described above based on the embodiment, it is needless to say that the operation system can be further partially modified, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. . That is,
(1) Although the embodiments have been described with reference to digital televisions and DVD recorders, this is not necessarily limited to these devices, and a plurality of operations such as a jog dial and arrow keys, such as a personal computer and a PDA It may be another consumer device having a member.
(2) In the embodiment, the description has been given using the input device which is a disk-shaped operation member. However, this need not be limited to this operation member, and the amount of movement by the operation tracing on the operation member and Any operation member may be used as long as it can accept the input of the rotation amount and the input of the direction information. Similarly, the shape does not need to be a disk shape, and may be any shape such as an arc shape, a semicircle shape, an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape, or a pick shape as long as the above input can be performed. .
(3) Although the embodiment has been described using infrared rays as a communication means, this is not necessarily limited to this form, and other communication forms such as Bluetooth and wireless LAN may be used.
(4) In the embodiment, the operation device and the processing device have been described in the form of being processed in different forms. However, this is not limited to this form, and the operation device and the processing device are not limited. It may exist as one device.

  The operation system according to the present invention can be applied to a system including a processing device such as a recording device, a digital television, an STB, and an operation device such as a remote controller.

The figure which shows the system comprised from the remote control 1 and digital TV100 The figure which shows the external appearance of the remote control 1 The figure which shows the block diagram of the remote control 1 The figure which shows the block diagram of digital TV The figure which shows the block diagram of the operation system which performs a rotation operation threshold value setting and determines when a determination means determines with a rotation process. The figure which shows the block diagram in the operation system only of rotation operations, such as a jog shuttle. The figure which shows the flow from operating with the remote control 1 to transmitting a remote control code. The figure which shows the flow from receiving a remote control code to executing the processing contents on the dialog screen in the digital TV A flow diagram for performing predetermined processing using a rotation processing threshold when the determination means determines that rotation processing is performed. Diagram showing the flow to set the rotation processing threshold The figure which shows the content of the rotation process threshold value table 001 set by the difference in every menu item number and operation speed, when a determination means determines with a rotation process. The figure which shows the dialogue screen which is displayed when selecting the channel in digital television The figure which shows the content of the operation table 001 in the channel selection of a digital television The figure which shows the dialogue screen which is displayed when searching the contents in digital television The figure which shows the content of the operation table 002 in the content search of digital television The figure which shows the dialogue screen which is displayed when editing the animated picture in the DVD recorder The figure which shows the dialogue screen which is displayed when selecting the menu in the digital television The figure which shows the area | region of the direction allocated when selecting a menu with respect to a rectangular operation member The figure which shows the angle area | region of the direction allocated when selecting a menu with respect to a circular operation member The figure which shows the content of the operation table 003 in the menu selection of digital television The figure which shows the content of the operation table 004 in the menu selection of digital television The figure which shows the dialogue screen which is displayed when selecting the menu in the digital television

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Remote control 2 Input device 3 Angle-coordinate conversion part 4 Remote control code production | generation part 100 Digital TV
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 Operation means 202 Output means 301 Reception means 302 Storage means 303 Calculation means 304 Determination means 305 Operation table 306 Processing means 307 Display means 308 Determination threshold value setting means 309 Rotation operation threshold value setting means 310 Position processing means 311 Rotation processing means

Claims (11)

An operation system including an operation device and a processing device,
The operation device includes an operation member having a predetermined shape,
A first operation for touching or depressing an arbitrary position on the operation member, and an operation means for receiving a second operation for tracing or rotating the operation member from the user;
Output means for outputting position information indicating an operation position by the operation means to a processing device;
The processing device includes receiving means for receiving position information output from the operating device;
Storage means for storing position information received by the receiving means and time information when the receiving means receives the position information;
Calculating means for calculating operation information based on at least one of position information and time information stored in the storage means;
A determination unit that determines whether position information received from the reception unit is interpreted as direction information or rotation information based on the operation information calculated by the calculation unit;
An operation table in which assignment of which interactive screen each of the first operation and the second operation is valid is described;
Processing means for executing processing described in the operation table based on a determination result of the determination means;
An operation system comprising: display means for displaying the contents processed by the processing means on a plurality of interactive screens. The operation information is
The operation system according to claim 1, wherein the operation system is a movement amount, an operation speed, or an operation acceleration in which the user traces or rotates the operation member. The processing device further sets a determination threshold value for determining whether the position information received from the receiving means is either direction information or rotation information based on the operation information calculated by the calculating means. Determination threshold setting means for
When the operation information calculated by the calculation means is below the determination threshold, the determination means interprets the position information as direction information,
3. The operation according to claim 1, wherein when the operation information calculated by the calculation unit exceeds the determination threshold value, the determination unit interprets the position information as rotation information. system. The processor sets a rotation threshold value for determining the rotation information as one of a plurality of rotation processes when the determination unit determines that the position information received from the reception unit is rotation information. Provided with operation threshold setting means,
The processing means includes a plurality of pieces of rotation information based on a rotation operation threshold set by the rotation operation threshold setting means when the determination means determines that the position information received from the reception means is rotation information. The operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a rotation processing unit that determines any one of the rotation processes and executes the rotation process described in the operation table. An operation system including an operation device and a processing device,
The operation device includes an operation member having a predetermined shape,
Operation means for accepting an operation of tracing the operation member or rotating the operation member from the user;
Output means for outputting position information indicating an operation position by the operation means to a processing device;
The processing device includes receiving means for receiving position information output from the operating device;
Storage means for storing position information received by the receiving means and time information when the receiving means receives the position information;
Calculating means for calculating operation information based on at least one of position information and time information stored in the storage means;
A rotation operation threshold value setting means for setting a rotation threshold value for determining any one of a plurality of rotation processes based on the operation information calculated by the calculation means;
An operation table in which assignment of which interaction screen is effective for the operation performed by the user by the operation means is described;
Rotation processing means for determining the position information as one of a plurality of rotation processes based on the rotation operation threshold set by the rotation operation threshold setting means and executing the rotation process described in the operation table; ,
An operation system comprising: display means for displaying the contents processed by the rotation processing means on a plurality of dialogue screens. The rotation operation threshold value setting means is based on the operation information calculated by the calculation means, one or more items displayed continuously on the dialog screen, or the total number of items selectable by the user. 6. The operation system according to claim 4, wherein a rotation threshold value for determining any one of a plurality of rotation processes as the operation information is set. An operation system including an operation device and a processing device,
The operation device includes an operation member having a predetermined shape,
An output means for outputting position information indicating an operation position at which an arbitrary position on the operation member is touched or pressed down to the processing device;
The processing device includes receiving means for receiving position information output from the operating device;
Operation area threshold setting means for setting a threshold for determining the position information received from the receiving means for each dialog screen as one of a plurality of operation areas;
An operation region determination unit that determines in which operation region the position information received from the reception unit exists based on the threshold set by the operation region threshold setting unit;
For each operation area, an operation table in which assignment of which processing is performed is described for each dialog screen;
Processing means for performing processing described in the operation table based on the operation area determined by the operation area determination means;
An operation system comprising: display means for displaying the content processed by the processing means on an interactive screen. An operation system including an operation device and a processing device,
In the operation device, the shape of the operation member is circular,
An output means for outputting position information indicating an operation position at which an arbitrary position on the operation member is touched or pressed down to the processing device;
The position information is expressed as an angle from a reference point on the circumference,
The processing device includes receiving means for receiving position information output from the operating device;
Operation area threshold setting means for setting a threshold for determining the position information received from the receiving means for each dialog screen as one of a plurality of operation areas;
An operation region determination unit that determines in which operation region the position information received from the reception unit exists based on the threshold set by the operation region threshold setting unit;
For each operation area, an operation table in which assignment of which processing is performed is described for each dialog screen;
Processing means for performing processing described in the operation table based on the operation area determined by the operation area determination means;
An operation system comprising: display means for displaying the content processed by the processing means on an interactive screen. The operation area threshold value setting means sets, for each user, a threshold value for determining position information received from the receiving means as one of a plurality of operation areas for each dialog screen. The operation system according to claim 7 or claim 8. The operation region threshold value setting means further includes a detection means for detecting an operation specific to the user due to the physical characteristics of the user from the operation device;
The threshold value for determining the positional information received from the receiving means as one of a plurality of operation areas is set for each dialog screen based on the user operation detected by the detecting means. The operation system according to any one of claims 9 to 9. The operation area threshold value setting means is configured to obtain position information received from the receiving means for each dialog screen based on an operation table in which an operation area that can be taken other than up, down, left, and right directions is larger than an operation area that can be taken in the up, down, left, and right directions. The operation system according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein a threshold value for determining any of the plurality of operation areas is set.

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