JP2007021022A5 - - Google Patents

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Display device with touch panel, video game device, program for realizing display device with touch panel, and recording medium

  The present invention provides a display device with a touch panel that can display a list having a relatively large number of items on the screen of the display device, and can reliably select or specify a desired item from the list by a touch operation. The present invention relates to a video game device including a display device, a program for realizing the display device with a touch panel by a computer, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  Conventionally, a video game apparatus having a touch panel as an operation member has been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-276716 discloses a portable video game device in which a touch panel is provided on a display screen of a liquid crystal display unit, such as Go, Shogi, chess, etc. with a partner terminal via a network. A video game device capable of playing a game is described.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-939 discloses a game device in which a touch panel is provided on a display screen of a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitor, and a golf game, a kickboard game, A video game apparatus capable of enjoying a game such as RPG (Roll Playing Game) is described.

  In addition, as seen in Nintendo DS (registered trademark) of Nintendo Co., Ltd., the mobile phone has two display devices for displaying the progress status of the video game and a touch screen on the display screen of one of the display devices. Type video game devices have been commercialized. In this video game device, a player draws an image on a display screen by using game software in which a game is progressed by directly operating an image displayed on one display device using a touch panel, or drawing software. It is possible to enjoy game software that uses an image to advance the game.

  In addition, there has been proposed a display equipped with a touch panel that can be moved by touching a cursor displayed on the display with a finger. For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-54661, when a cursor displayed on a touch panel is touched with a finger and the finger is moved, the amount of movement of the finger is converted into the amount of rotation of a mouse ball that controls the movement of the cursor. A method of moving the cursor on the touch panel based on the amount of rotation has been proposed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-276716 JP 2002-939 A JP 2004-54861 A

  By the way, for example, in software such as a competitive game, a character (hereinafter referred to as “main character”) displayed on the game screen as a control target of the player is a weapon, armor, coin, map, etc. as the game progresses. It is possible to acquire the various items, and it is known that the player can display the acquired items in a list on the game screen.

When enjoying such game software on a portable video game device with a touch panel,
When the player selects a desired item from the list of items displayed on the game screen and wants to see information about the item (for example, information such as the number of items acquired and game effects), touch the touch panel directly. If a desired item can be selected, the operability may be good.

  However, the size of the game screen of the portable video game device is relatively small, and displaying as many items as possible on the game screen as a list is preferable in that the types of items that can be selected by the player can be confirmed at a time. However, the size of each item column becomes too small, and it becomes difficult to touch the display area of a desired item with a finger, and on the contrary, the operability of the touch panel is lowered.

  On the other hand, if the number of items displayed on the game screen is reduced in consideration of the operability of the touch panel, the player needs to scroll the list repeatedly until the desired item is displayed on the game screen. The overall operability of the list scroll display operation and the item selection operation using the touch panel is lowered.

  In particular, in game software in which a list with a large number of selection items is created, the player is required to be able to select a desired item from the list easily and relatively quickly, and the scroll display operation of the list and the display on the game screen are required. The balance of operability with the selection operation for selecting an item from the list to be touched is important.

  Conventional touch panels disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 11-276716 and 2002-939 basically input information indicating that an object displayed on the game screen is directly touched by a player and the object is selected or designated. Therefore, if the number of items in the list displayed on the game screen is increased, malfunctions due to simultaneous selection or specification of a plurality of items are likely to occur, and operations for selecting or specifying each item directly are extremely difficult. It becomes difficult.

  Further, by applying the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-54661, a cursor is displayed on the game screen, and the cursor is moved to the position of a desired item in the list by a touch operation, and the item is selected. However, with this method, the movement of the finger touching the cursor causes the cursor and the finger to overlap the list, making the list items invisible, making the operability worse than selecting items by operating buttons. It will end up.

  Therefore, from a different point of view from the conventional configuration, a display device with a touch panel that can reliably select or specify each item by touch operation even if the number of items on the list displayed on the game screen is relatively large is realized. However, such a display device with a touch panel has not been proposed in the past.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a display with a touch panel capable of reliably selecting or specifying a desired item by a touch operation from a list having a relatively large number of items to be displayed on a game screen. An object is to provide a device, a video game device including the display device with a touch panel, a program for realizing the display device with a touch panel by a computer, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

The display device with a touch panel provided by the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a display unit that displays an image, and a position detection that detects a contact position when the display unit touches the display screen. And a display with a touch panel comprising: an image discriminating unit that discriminates an image corresponding to the contact position among images displayed on the display screen based on the position information of the display screen detected by the position detecting unit. An image creating unit for creating an image having a configuration in which a cursor having a contact area of a predetermined size indicates a certain item with respect to a list in which a plurality of items are arranged in a line , and the image creating Display control means for displaying an image created by the means on the display screen of the display means, and an operator touches the contact area of the cursor displayed on the display screen of the display means. When the contact position is moved in the arrangement direction of the items in the list, the image created by the image creating unit is based on the determination result of the image determining unit and the change information of the contact position by the position detecting unit. And image creation control means for changing an item indicated by the cursor in the list.

The touch panel-equipped display device according to claim 1, wherein the cursor is configured by an image of a contact portion that constitutes the contact area and an instruction portion that instructs an item of the list from a predetermined position of the contact portion. (Claim 2). In addition, the length of the contact portion of the cursor in the moving direction may be larger than the dimension of the list items in the arrangement direction. The contact portion of the cursor may be a rectangle having a long side in the movement direction (Claim 4). Further, the number of items included in the list is larger than the number of items that can be displayed on the display screen of the display means, and the position indicated by the cursor based on the touch operation of the operator is displayed on the display screen. When the item at one end is reached, the image creation control means fixes the position indicated by the cursor with respect to the list of images created by the image creation means, and the items outside the one end of the list are scroll-displayed. As described above, the items constituting the list may be sequentially changed (claim 5 ).

Further, in the display device with a touch panel according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , the image creation control unit displays a change amount of a contact position detected by the position detection unit on a display screen of the display unit. beyond a predetermined amount in the direction of arrangement of items in the list, it may be moved by one column to the instruction item of the cursor in the list of the image created by the image creating unit (claim 6).

In the display device with a touch panel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the display screen of the display means a rectangular shape, a plurality of items of the list are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the display screen, the operation The item indicated by the cursor in the list displayed on the display screen based on the touch operation of the person may be changed in the vertical direction (Claim 7 ).

In the display device with a touch panel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the display screen of the display means a rectangular shape, a plurality of items of the list are arranged in the lateral direction of the display screen, the operation instruction item that of the cursor in the user the list the displayed on the display screen based on the touch operation of the good and is to laterally varying (claim 8).

9. The display device with a touch panel according to claim 7 , wherein the list item indicated by the cursor belongs to which side when the display screen is divided into two in the moving direction of the image of the cursor. Cursor position determining means for determining is further provided, wherein the image creation control means determines the position of the instruction unit at the contact portion of the cursor created by the image creation means based on the determination result of the cursor position determination means. It may be changed (claim 9 ).

A video game device provided by the second aspect of the present invention comprises the display device with a touch panel according to any one of claims 1 to 9 (claim 10 ).

A program provided by the third aspect of the present invention allows a computer to display a list of a plurality of items arranged in a line and a cursor having a contact area of a predetermined size to select any item. An image creating means for creating an image having an instructed configuration, a display control means for displaying an image created by the image creating means on a display screen of a display means, and a signal from a sensor provided on the display screen of the display means Based on the position detection means for detecting the contact position of the display screen, and the operator touches the contact area of the cursor displayed on the display screen of the display means, and the contact position is indicated by the arrangement direction of the items of the list To the list of images created by the image creating means based on the discrimination result of the image discriminating means and the change information of the contact position by the position detecting means. That wherein the function as an instruction for image creation control means for changing the item of the cursor (claim 11).

In addition, in the program according to claim 11 , the cursor may be configured by an image of a contact portion that constitutes the contact area and an instruction portion that indicates an item of the list from a predetermined position of the contact portion ( Claim 12). Further, the length of the contact portion of the cursor in the moving direction may be larger than the dimension of the list item in the arrangement direction (claim 13). The contact portion of the cursor may be a rectangle having a long side in the moving direction (claim 14). Further, the number of items included in the list is larger than the number of items that can be displayed on the display screen of the display means, and the position indicated by the cursor based on the touch operation of the operator is displayed on the display screen. When the item at one end is reached, the image creation control means fixes the position indicated by the cursor with respect to the list of images created by the image creation means, and the items outside the one end of the list are scroll-displayed. As described above, the items constituting the list may be sequentially changed (claim 15 ).

The program according to any one of claims 11 to 15 , wherein the image creation control means includes a list of changes in the contact position detected by the position detection means on the display screen of the display means. beyond a predetermined amount in the direction of arrangement of the items, it may be moved by one column to the instruction item of the cursor in the list of the image created by the image creating means (claim 16).

A recording medium provided by the fourth aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to any one of claims 11 to 16 is recorded (claim 17 ).

  According to the present invention, when a list including a plurality of items is displayed on the display screen of the display means and a desired item is selected or designated from the list by touching the display screen, the operator can Touching the contact area of the cursor displayed on the display screen of the display means with a finger or a predetermined touch pen and moving the contact position in the arrangement direction of the items in the list, the cursor moves on the display screen accordingly, As a result, the list item indicated by the cursor also changes.

  For example, if the display screen is rectangular and the list items are arranged vertically, moving the contact position vertically moves the cursor image on the display screen accordingly, The list item indicated by the cursor changes vertically. If the list items are arranged in the horizontal direction, moving the contact position in the horizontal direction causes the cursor image to move in the horizontal direction on the display screen. The item also changes in the horizontal direction.

  Therefore, even when the size of each item in the list displayed on the display screen of the display means is too small to be touched by the operator, the operator can surely select or specify a desired item. .

Further, when the number of items included in the list is larger than the number of items that can be displayed on the display screen of the display means, moving the cursor image to the end of the list on the display screen causes the cursor to be displayed on the display screen. The display position is fixed, and conversely, items outside the screen included in the list are scrolled and displayed within the display screen, so the display screen of the display means is relatively small, while even if there are many items included in the list, It is possible to display a list including as many items of moderate size as possible on the display screen, and the operator can select a desired item from a large number of items in the list relatively easily and quickly. Can be specified.

  In addition, the cursor image includes an image of a rectangular contact portion having a long side in the movement direction of the cursor on the display screen of the display means and a list instruction item from one end portion of the contact portion. When the item of the list indicated by the instruction unit of the cursor belongs to one side when the display screen of the display means is divided into two in the moving direction of the image of the cursor, When an image provided with an instruction part at the end of the contact part on the same side is used as the cursor image, and the list item indicated by the cursor instruction part belongs to the other side of the display screen of the display means, the same as the other side Since the image of the cursor is switched so that the image with the pointing portion at the end of the contact portion on the side becomes the cursor image, the list items that can be pointed to by the cursor are extended to the end of the display screen of the display means. Shown to be possible, it can be effectively utilized for list display screen.

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

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overview of a video game apparatus including a display device with a touch panel according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a right side view showing an overview of the video game apparatus.

The video game apparatus 1 is a portable video game machine, which receives the game program and game data from a dedicated portable recording medium (hereinafter referred to as “game media”) in which the game program and game data are recorded. A game can be enjoyed by a player by reading it into a memory (RAM) and executing a game program by a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  Although this embodiment is a portable video game machine, the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention can be applied to other types of game machines such as home video game machines and arcade video game machines. it can.

  The video game apparatus 1 includes a lower main body 2 made of a horizontally long rectangular thin rectangular parallelepiped, and an upper main body 3 attached to the upper side of the upper surface of the lower main body 2 by a pair of hinges 2a and 2b so as to be opened and closed. It is a portable video game device that can be folded. The upper main body 3 is electrically connected to the lower main body 2 through the connection portion 2c.

  A first display 4 is provided at the center of the upper surface of the lower main body 2. On the left side of the display 4, a power button 8 and a cross key 7 are arranged vertically. On the right side of the display 4, an operation button 11 composed of two buttons and an operation button 10 composed of four buttons are arranged vertically. In addition, an indicator lamp 9 for indicating the on / off state of the power supply is disposed at an appropriate position on the lower edge of the lower body 2 (in FIG. 1, a position located at the lower right of the first display 4). . Further, a media mounting portion 13 for mounting a recording medium is provided on the side surface along the upper long side of the lower main body 2 (see FIG. 2).

  On the other hand, a second display 5 is provided at the center of the lower surface of the upper main body 3 (the surface facing the upper surface of the lower main body 2 in a closed state), and speakers 12A and 12B are arranged on both sides of the display 5, respectively. ing. The two speakers 12A and 12B are for outputting sound effects in stereo.

The power button 8 is an operation button for supplying power to a circuit in the video game apparatus 1 and starting the video game apparatus 1. When the power is turned on, the indicator lamp 9 is lit. The cross key 7 selects an item, for example, when a menu screen or a selection screen is displayed before the game starts or during the game, or instructs the main character to be operated by the player during the game. It is used as an operation key for

  For example, in the case of a competitive game, the operation button 10 causes the main character to perform an attacking action on the enemy character while the game is in progress, causes the enemy character to perform a defensive action, and causes an item search operation. It is used as an operation member for issuing various operation commands. The operation button 11 is used as an operation member for instructing the start of a game or instructing display of a menu screen or a selection screen.

  The first display 4 and the second display 5 display various images such as a game title image, a menu image, and a game progress image. The first and second displays 4 and 5 are composed of, for example, transflective color liquid crystal displays and have substantially the same display size.

  A transparent touch panel 6 is provided on the display screen of the first display 4. The touch panel 6 has a large number of micro capacitors or micro resistors arranged in a grid pattern on the panel surface. The touch panel 6 is touched directly with a hand or touched with a dedicated touch pen, and the micro capacitor or micro resistor at the contact position is touched. , And a touch position on the display screen of the first display 4 is detected from the change information and input to the CPU.

  The first display 4 and the touch panel 6 respectively constitute display means and position detection means of the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention. Note that the touch position detection method on the touch panel is not limited to the above method, and may be other methods such as an infrared type and an electromagnetic coupling type.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the video game apparatus 1.

The video game apparatus 1 includes a CPU 21, a drawing data generation processor 22, a RAM (Random
Access Memory (ROM) 23, ROM (Read Only Memory) 24, rendering processor 25, VRAM (Video-RAM) 26, D / A (Digital-Analog) converter 27, display unit 28, display unit 29, audio processor 30, An amplifier 31, a speaker 32, an input signal processing unit 33, a touch operation unit 34, an operation unit 35, a driver 36, and a bus 37 are included.

  The display unit 28 corresponds to the first display 4 in FIG. 1, the display unit 29 corresponds to the second display 5 in FIG. 1, and the speaker 32 corresponds to the speakers 12A and 12B in FIG. Further, the touch operation unit 34 corresponds to the touch panel 6 in FIG. 1, and the operation unit 35 corresponds to the cross key 7, the power button 8, and the operation buttons 10 and 11 in FIG. The CPU 21 to the display unit 28, the input signal processing unit 33, and the touch operation unit 34 are components of the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention.

  In the video game apparatus 1, a game program and game data (character and background image data, image data for displaying information such as status, sound data such as sound effects and BGM, message data using characters and symbols, etc.) are recorded. The game content can be enjoyed by mounting the game media 38 on the media mounting unit 13, reading the game program and game data in the game media 38 into the RAM 23 with the driver 36, and executing the game program with the CPU 21.

  The player can advance the game by operating the operation members of the touch panel 6, the cross key 7, and the operation buttons 10 and 11 of the lower main body 2.

  The CPU 21, the drawing data generation processor 22, the RAM 23, the ROM 24, the drawing processing processor 25, the sound processing processor 30, and the driver 36 are connected to each other via a bus 37 so that data transmission is possible.

  The CPU 21 comprehensively controls the game progress by executing the game program read from the game media 38 to the RAM 23 by the driver 36 as described above. More specifically, when a player's operation signal is input from the touch operation unit 34 or the operation unit 35, the CPU 21 performs a predetermined game progress process for the operation signal in accordance with the game program, and displays the processing result on the display unit. 28 and the display unit 29 are displayed as images indicating the progress of the game (hereinafter referred to as “game images”), and are output from the speaker 32 with sound effects. The game progress process includes, for example, a case where a list of a plurality of items acquired by the main character is displayed on the display unit 28.

  The drawing process of the game image to be displayed on the display units 28 and 29 is mainly performed by the drawing processor 25. The CPU 21 determines the content of the game image to be displayed on the display units 28 and 29 based on the player's operation signals from the touch operation unit 34 and the operation unit 35, and draws necessary drawing data for the content into the drawing data. The data is generated by the generation processor 22 and the drawing data is transferred to the drawing processor 25 to perform drawing processing.

  Further, the CPU 21 determines the sound effect or BGM sound content to be output from the speaker 32, causes the sound processor 30 to generate sound data corresponding to the sound content, and outputs the sound data from the speaker 32.

  The drawing data generation processor 22 performs various arithmetic processes necessary for the drawing process. The CPU 21 determines a game image to be displayed on the display units 28 and 29, reads image data (background, main character, enemy character data, etc.) necessary for drawing the game image from the RAM 23, and draws a data generator 22. To supply. In addition, the CPU 21 supplies operation information input from the touch operation unit 34 or the operation unit 35 to the drawing data generation processor 22.

  The drawing data generation processor 22 is data necessary for drawing based on the image data and operation information supplied from the CPU 21 (for example, data indicating the positional relationship between the main character, enemy characters and the background, item list data, etc.). And the result of the calculation is supplied to the drawing processor 25.

  The RAM 23 provides an area for storing a game program and game data read from the game media 38 by the driver 36 and a work area for the CPU 21 to process the game program. In the RAM 23, a game program and game data necessary for the progress of the game are read from the game media 38 and stored.

  The game program describes processing procedures and various instructions to be executed by the CPU 21, and controls the game screen, sound, and the like according to operation signals from the touch operation unit 34 or the operation unit 35. Contains content to do. The game data includes, for example, main data, enemy characters, other objects, image data constituting the background, image data for displaying a list of items, etc., and audio data used as BGM and various sound effects Is also included.

The ROM 24 stores a basic program indicating a basic function of the video game apparatus 1 such as a disk loading function, a game program stored in the game media 38 and a procedure for reading game data, and the like. CPU21, when game media 38 is mounted on the medium mounting unit 13 operates the thus driver 36 to the basic program of the ROM 24, reads from the game medium 38 a game program and game data to the RAM 23, sets the game start conditions .

The drawing processor 25 generates a game image every 1/60 seconds and displays the game image on the display unit 28 and the display unit 29. The drawing processor 25 creates a game image to be displayed on the display unit 28 and the display unit 29 using data supplied from the drawing data generation processor 22 based on a drawing command from the CPU 21. Connected to the drawing processor 25 is a VRAM 26 for creating a game image.

The VRAM 26 is provided with two buffer areas (hereinafter referred to as “screen buffers”) for storing image data of each frame displayed on the display units 28 and 29. The screen buffers 26A and 26B have the same memory structure and memory capacity. Although not shown, the VRAM 26 has a work area for creating an image for display in the screen buffers 26A and 26B.

  The two screen buffers 26A and 26B are provided in the VRAM 26 in the case of normal drawing processing in which image data is displayed on one display (for example, the first display 4). During the display process on the first display 4, the image data of the next frame is generated in the other screen buffer 26B using the work area, and this process is performed with the screen buffer 26A and the screen buffer 26B. This is because the drawing process of each frame on the first display 4 every 1/60 seconds is smoothly performed by alternately performing the above.

  The D / A converter 27 converts the image data output from the screen buffer 26 into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal to the display units 28 and 29. The D / A converter 27 is provided with a switch circuit for switching the image data from the screen buffer 26A and the image data from the screen buffer 26B, and the switching of the switch circuit is controlled by the drawing processor 25.

  The sound processor 30 reads out sound effects or BGM sound data from the RAM 23 based on a sound command from the CPU 21, performs a required processing process and D / A conversion process, and outputs the processed sound to the amplifier 31. The amplifier 31 amplifies the audio signal input from the audio processor 30 with a predetermined amplification degree, and then outputs it to the speaker 32.

  The input signal processing unit 33 calculates a touch position on the panel surface (display screen of the first display 4) based on touch information (change information of a resistance or a capacitor as a sensor) input from the touch operation unit 34, The calculation result is input to the CPU 21.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the panel surface is set with the upper left corner as the origin O and the y axis in the downward direction and the x axis in the right direction. A sensor position (x, y) is defined in the sensor St such as a capacitor. For example, when the player touches the contact area shown in FIG. 4 with a finger, a signal indicating that there is a contact is input to the input signal processing unit 33 from the sensor St in the contact area.

The input signal processing unit 33 calculates the coordinates (x, y) of the sensor St that has been in contact from the input signal, calculates the center position of the contact area from these coordinates, and uses the calculation result as contact position information. Input to the CPU 21. For example, the range in the x-axis direction of the contacted area is x (i) to x (i +
n), when the range in the y-axis direction is y (j) to x (j + m), the input signal processing unit 33 calculates (x (i) + x (i + n)) / n, (y (j) + y (j + m)) / m is input to the CPU 21 as the coordinates of the contact position P.

  Next, a touch operation on the first display 4 will be described. The game apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is characterized in that a list including a plurality of items is displayed on the first display 4 and a player selects or specifies a desired item in the list by a touch operation. In the following description, the method will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a list in which items are arranged in the vertical direction displayed on the touch panel 6 (first display 4).

  For example, when the player wants to confirm the contents of an item acquired by the main character controlled by the player during the game, he / she operates the operation buttons 10 and 11 or the cross key 7 to specify the item list display. The list display shown in FIG. 5 is performed.

In the list display, as shown in the figure, the touch panel 6 (first display 4) is divided into four areas, and the area at the center of the display screen of the touch panel 6 (hereinafter referred to as “list display area”). AR1 image list 40 is displayed in a region on the left side (hereinafter, referred to as "first information display region".) AR2 in the first display area 41 for displaying information about the selected item in the list 40 and the list 40 However, an image of the second display column 42 that displays information related to the selected item in the list 40 is displayed in a lower area (hereinafter referred to as “second information display area”) AR3. Furthermore, an image of the cursor 43 that indicates an item in the list is displayed in an area AR4 on the right side of the list display area (hereinafter referred to as “cursor display area”) AR4.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the list display is not initially performed, but the player touches the cursor 43 to display some items in the list 40 in the list display area AR1. Is shown.

  In the list 40, a plurality of items are arranged in a line with a predetermined vertical dimension (hereinafter referred to as “item width”) Lr, and a predetermined number (in the list display area AR1) ( Only 6 items in the example of FIG. 5 are displayed. That is, as shown in FIG. 6A, the list 40 has a structure in which a plurality of items 40a are virtually arranged in the vertical direction with the item width Lr. For example, when the number of items is 30, the list 40 is No. 1-No. Thirty items 40a are arranged in the vertical direction with an item width Lr.

  When the CPU 21 designates a portion of the six items 40a in the list 40 as items to be displayed in the list display area AR1, the drawing processor 25 creates an image of the list 40 of the portion in the VRAM 26. For example, the item No. in the list 40 is displayed as an item to be displayed from the CPU 21 in the list display area AR1. 9-No. When 14 parts are designated, an image of the list 40 of the parts is created in the VRAM 26. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 9-No. 14 parts are displayed.

  In FIG. 6, for the convenience of drawing, the shape of the display screen of the touch panel 6 is different from that of FIG. 5 and the list display area AR1 and the cursor display area AR4 are drawn.

  Further, the item 40a indicated by the cursor 43 of the list 40 is clearly indicated by a thick frame or reverse display. In the example of FIG. 5, since the cursor 43 is positioned at the top level, the top level item 40a (item No. 9) in the list 40 displayed in the list display area AR1 is displayed with a thick frame. .

  In the first display column 41, information on the list name and the item 40a in the list 40 indicated by the cursor 43 is displayed. For example, if the list 40 relates to the weapon acquired by the main character, a list name such as “weapon list” is displayed by characters, and if the item pointed by the cursor 43 is “pistol”, the pistol is displayed. Is displayed by an icon. Thereby, the player can confirm which list 40 is opened and which specific content is currently displayed.

  In the second display column 42, other information related to the item 40a in the list 40 indicated by the cursor 43 is displayed. In the above example, an attack method that can be performed by “pistol”, an effect on an enemy character, and the like are displayed.

The cursor 43 protrudes from the upper part of the left side of the contact portion 43a constituting the contact area (the area where the player touches with a finger etc.) and the left side of the contact section 43a to the list 40 side and points to the item 40a in the list 40 And a trapezoidal instruction unit 43b. The length of the contact portion 43a in the vertical direction has a length of approximately three item widths in the example of FIG. The length is set so that the player can surely touch the cursor 43 with a finger or a touch pen.

The reason why the instruction unit 43b is provided on the upper left side of the contact unit 43a is to display the list 40 so that the upper side of the list 40 is aligned with the upper side of the display screen when the list is displayed on the touch panel 6. As a result, when the list 40 is displayed up to the lower side on the display screen, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 5, when the cursor 43 is moved to the lower end of the cursor display area AR4, the item below the list 40 is moved to the cursor. The second information display area AR3 is provided in an area that cannot be designated by the cursor 43.

  In addition, when the instruction | indication part 43b is provided in the lower left side of the contact part 43a, since the reverse relationship arises, the 2nd information display is carried out above the list display area AR1 and 1st information display area AR2. Area AR3 will be provided.

  In the present embodiment, the shape of the instruction unit 43b is trapezoidal, but any figure may be adopted as long as the item 40a of the list 40 indicated by the finger touching the contact unit 43a can be clearly indicated. it can. For example, the figure may be an arrow that points to the right side of the item 40a, or a U-shaped figure that sandwiches the right end of the item 40a.

  In the present embodiment, the cursor display area AR4 is provided on the right end side of the display screen of the touch panel 6, but may be provided on the left end side. In this case, the instruction unit 43b is provided on the right side of the contact portion 43a. Needless to say.

In the display state shown in FIG. 5, the player touches a finger or stylus on the contact portion 43a of the cursor 43, when moving the contact position in the downward direction, the cursor 43 is moved downward, the cursor 43 is instructed The item 40a in the list 40 to be changed changes. That is, as the cursor 43 moves down step by step, the item 40a displayed with a thick frame moves down step by step. Further, the contents of the first display column 41 and the second display column 42 change in conjunction with the change of the instructed item 40a.

Specifically, when the information on the contact position of the touch panel 6 is input from the input signal processing unit 33, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the contact position is included in an area corresponding to the contact unit 43a. In the case of contact with 43a , it is further determined whether or not the contact position input from the input signal processing unit 33 has subsequently changed to the item width Lr or more in the vertical direction. For example, when it is determined that the first contact position in the contact portion 43a has changed to the item width Lr or more downward in the display state of FIG. 5, the CPU 21 displays the image of the cursor 43 on the drawing processor 25 and the cursor position. A command for changing to an image lowered by one level is output, and a command for lowering the thick frame position of the list 40 and information to be displayed in the first display field 41 and the second display field 42 are items 40a in the second level from the top. Is output to the drawing processor 25.

  The drawing processor 25 changes the position of the cursor 43 displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 by performing drawing processing on the VRAM 26 based on these commands and information, and also instructs the list 40 The position of the item 40a (the position of the thick frame) is changed to the second row from the top, and the contents displayed in the first display column 41 and the second display column 42 are changed to the item 40a in the second row from the top (see FIG. 5 is changed to the item No. 10).

  Thereafter, similarly, the CPU 21 causes the drawing processor 25 to change the cursor position to an image lowered by one step each time the contact position input from the input signal processing unit 33 changes to the item width Lr or lower in the downward direction. The command and the command for lowering the thick frame position of the list 40 and the information to be displayed in the first display column 41 and the second display column 42 are output, and the display content of the touch panel 6 is changed.

  After the cursor 43 is lowered to the middle of the cursor display area AR4, when the player reverses the movement of the contact position upward, the CPU 21 outputs the same command and information as described above to the drawing processor 25, By the drawing process of the drawing processor 25 based on these commands and information, the cursor 43 moves upward on the display screen of the touch panel 6.

  Note that, as shown in FIG. 6A, in the state where the cursor 43 is positioned at the uppermost position of the cursor display area AR4, the contact position of the player's finger or the like is the item width Lr or more upward in the contact portion 43a. (See arrow A), if the item 40a of the list 40 displayed in the list display area AR1 is an intermediate part, the CPU 21 will select the part of the item 40a of the list 40 to be displayed in the list display area AR1. Is shifted upward by one step, and a command for scrolling and displaying the item 40a not visible on the upper side downward on the display screen and information on the item 40a are output to the drawing processor 25.

  The drawing processor 25 performs drawing processing on the VRAM 26 based on this command and information, thereby fixing the position of the cursor 43 displayed on the touch panel 6 to the uppermost position and instructing the item 40a in the list 40. (The position of the thick frame) is fixed at the top, and the content of the list 40 is changed to the content shifted downward by one level (see arrow B in FIG. 6A), the first display column 41 and the first 2 The content displayed in the display column 42 is changed to that for the item 40a scroll-displayed at the top.

  In the example of FIG. 6A, the display screen of the touch panel 6 is moved to the upper side with respect to the list 40 as a whole. 8-No. 13 items 40a are displayed, and the first display column 41 and the second display column 42 are No. The information regarding the item 40a of 8 will be displayed. Thereafter, when the player holds the contact of the cursor 43 with the contact portion 43a, the scroll display is repeated at predetermined time intervals T as shown in FIG. 6 (b). When the first item 40a (No. 1 item) is displayed at the top of the list display area AR1, the display state is maintained.

In FIG. 6, the display screen of the touch panel 6 includes eight items 40a. However, since only six items 40a are displayed in the list display area AR1, two items 40a (see FIG. 6 (a), No. 15 and 16 items, and FIG. 6 (b) No. 7 and 8 items ) are not displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display state when the cursor 43 is moved downward from the display state of FIG. 5, and corresponds to FIG.

  The player touches the contact portion 43a of the cursor 43 with a finger or the like to move the contact position value downward (see arrow C in FIG. 7A), and moves the cursor 43 to the lower end of the cursor display area AR4. Thereafter, the display content on the display screen of the touch panel 6 when the contact position is further moved downward changes in the opposite direction to the case where the display content of the item 40a in the list 40 is moved upward. This is basically the same except that (see arrow D in FIG. 7). Therefore, detailed description is omitted here.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list in which items are arranged in the horizontal direction displayed on the touch panel.

  In the example of FIG. 8, a cursor display area AR4 is provided on the lower side of the display screen of the touch panel 6, a first information display area AR2 is provided on the upper right side, and a list is displayed on the left side of the first information display area AR2. An area AR1 is provided. In this example, only the first display column 41 may be displayed in the first information display area AR2, but the second display column 42 may also be displayed. In this case, the method of moving the cursor 43 on the display screen of the touch panel 6 and the method of changing the instruction of the item 40a in the list 40 accompanying the movement are shown in the table 40 of the list 40 in which items are arranged in the vertical direction shown in FIG. Since it is basically the same as the case of the example, detailed description is omitted.

  In the display example of FIG. 8, the cursor display area AR4 may be provided on the upper side of the display screen of the touch panel 6, and in this case, the instruction section 43b is provided on the lower side of the contact section 43a. Needless to say.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list in which items are arranged in a grid pattern displayed on the touch panel 6.

  In the example of FIG. 9, an L-shaped cursor display area AR4 is provided from the lower side to the right side of the display screen of the touch panel 6, and a first information display area AR2 is provided at the upper left side of the display screen of the touch panel 6. A list display area AR1 is provided on the right side of the one information display area AR2 (upper center of the display screen of the touch panel 6). In the display example of FIG. 9 as well, the cursor display area AR4 may be provided in an L shape from the left side to the upper side of the display screen of the touch panel 6. Further, only the first display column 41 may be displayed in the first information display area AR2, but the second display column 42 may also be displayed.

  In the list 40, a plurality of items 40a are arranged in a matrix. In the example of FIG. 9, a total of 48 items 40 a of 6 rows × 8 columns are included in the list 40. In this example, since the item column is very small, the symbol mark or the like of the item 40a is displayed in each item column. A vertical cursor 431 having the same shape as the cursor 43 shown in FIG. 5 is provided on the right side of the list 40, and a horizontal cursor 432 having the same shape as the cursor 43 shown in FIG. ing.

Therefore, the item 40a located at the intersection of the row designated by the cursor 431 and the column designated by the cursor 432 becomes the designated item, and is displayed by a thick frame or reverse display. In the example of FIG. 9, since the first row and the first column are designated, the item 40a (the item at the upper left corner of the list 40) located at the intersection is indicated by a thick frame. The instruction item 40a is simply displayed by a symbol mark or the like in the list 40, but the content is displayed in the first information display area AR2, so that the player knows the content of the instructed item 40a. Can do.

  Also in the example shown in FIG. 9, the method of moving the cursors 431 and 432 on the display screen of the touch panel 6 and the method of changing the instruction of the item 40a in the list 40 according to the movement are the vertical direction shown in FIGS. Since it is basically the same as the display example of the list 40 in which items are arranged in the horizontal direction, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  By the way, in the said embodiment, although the figure of the cursor 43 displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 is not changed, only the display position is changed according to the change of a player's contact position. In the method, as described in the display example of FIG. 5, when the cursor 43 moves to the lower end of the cursor display area AR4, an area that cannot be specified by the cursor 43 is generated. For this reason, in the display example of FIG. 5, the second information display area AR3 is provided below the list display area AR1 so that the display screen is effectively used.

  In FIG. 10, the figure of the cursor 43 displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 is changed by the movement of the cursor 43 so that an area that cannot be designated by the cursor 43 does not occur in the list display area AR1, thereby the list display area AR1. The number of items displayed on the screen is increased.

  That is, the display example shown in FIG. 10 is obtained by deleting the second information display area AR3 and expanding the list display area AR1 and the first information display area AR2 to the lower end of the display screen of the touch panel 6 in FIG. As a result, the number of items in the list 40 displayed in the list display area AR1 has increased to “10”.

  In the display example of FIG. 10, when the display position is moved downward by the player's touch operation from the state where the cursor 43 is displayed at the upper end of the cursor display area AR4, the item 40a indicated by the instruction unit 43b of the cursor 43 Will be present in the lower half area of the display screen (in the example of FIG. 10, when the sixth to tenth items 40a from the top are indicated), as shown in FIG. 43 images can be switched to an image in which an instruction portion 43b is provided at the lower left side of the contact portion 43a.

  The CPU 21 always displays the number of items included in the list 40 displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 (the number of items is “10” in the display example of FIG. 10) and the item 40 a in the list 40 indicated by the cursor 43. 10, in the display example of FIG. 10, the items 40 a in the list 40 indicated by the cursor 43 after the movement are displayed on the upper half and the lower half of the display screen of the touch panel 6 based on the change of the contact position by the player. It is determined in which area it exists, and the determination result is input to the drawing processor 25.

  When the drawing processor 25 creates an image in which the cursor 43 is moved, the drawing processor 25 changes the shape of the cursor 43 based on the determination result. That is, for example, in the display example of FIG. 10, when the cursor 43 indicates the fifth item 40 a from the top of the display screen of the touch panel 6, the instruction unit 43 b is provided on the upper end side with respect to the contact unit 43 a. When an image of the cursor 43 (see the cursor 43 in FIG. 10A) is created and the cursor 43 indicates the sixth or subsequent item 40a from the top of the display screen of the touch panel 6, the lower end side with respect to the contact portion 43a. An image of the cursor 43 (see the cursor 43 in FIG. 10B) provided with the instruction unit 43b is created.

When the method of switching the cursor image is applied to the display example of the list in which the items are arranged in the horizontal direction shown in FIG. 8, the display screen of the touch panel 6 is divided into right and left, and the list 40 indicated by the cursor 43 is specified. It is determined to which side the item 40a belongs, and based on the determination result, the image of the cursor 43 is switched by the same method as in the display example of FIG.

  That is, when the item 40a of the list 40 indicated by the cursor 43 is in the left half of the list display area AR1, the image of the cursor 43 is an image in which the instruction portion 43b is provided at the left end portion of the contact portion 43a. When the item 40a of the list 40 to be instructed is in the right half of the list display area AR1, the image of the cursor 43 is an image in which the instruction unit 43b is provided at the right end of the contact unit 43a.

  In the above embodiment, since the item 40a of the list 40 is an item acquired by the progress of the game, any one of the items 40a in the list 40 is instructed by the cursor 43, and at the same time, the contents regarding the item are the first. For example, when the item 40a included in the list 40 is a command that instructs some processing and the confirmation information must be input after selection, the display information is displayed in the display field 41 or the second display field 42. As shown by a dotted line in FIG. 5, the image of the “OK” button 44 is displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6, and the cursor 43 is moved to the desired item 40 a position. It is preferable to release the contact of the finger or the like from the contact portion 43a and input the confirmation information by touching the image of the “decision” button 44.

  Alternatively, without displaying the image of the “determine” button 44, once the contact of the finger or the like is once released from the contact portion 43 a of the cursor 43, the confirmation information is subsequently displayed by a touch operation such as touching the contact portion 43 a again. You may make it input.

  Next, a processing procedure when a desired item 40a is selected or designated from the list 40 by a touch operation on the touch panel 6 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 11 and a display example of FIG.

  For example, when the selection screen of the list 40 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6, processing for the touch operation of the player's touch panel 6 is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 11.

  The input signal processing unit 33 monitors changes in the levels of input signals from a large number of sensors St constituting the touch panel 6 at a predetermined minute period t. Since the drawing process by the drawing processor 25 is performed every 1/60 seconds, the period t is shorter than this. The flowchart of FIG. 11 shows a processing procedure for changing the indicated position of the cursor 43 based on whether or not the level of the input signal changes every period t.

  First, a counter N indicating the pointing position of the cursor 43 with respect to the list 40 is initially set to “1”, and the number of items in the list 40 displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 is set to “n” (S1). . In the example of FIG. 5, since the number of items in the list 40 is “6”, n = 6. In this control, items 1 to 6 are assigned to the item columns of the list 40 on the display screen of the touch panel 6 from the top, and N = 1 indicates that the cursor 43 indicates the first item column of the list 40. It means that you are instructing. That is, the initial pointing position of the cursor 43 at which the list display is performed is a position indicating the top item of the list 40 (the top position of the cursor display area AR4).

Subsequently, initialization of registers necessary for processing is performed (S2). Specifically, when a finger touches the touch panel 6, a counter i that counts a period during which the contact state continues from when the finger first touches, and coordinates of the touch position of the touch panel 6 detected at each count ( register TP (i) for storing x, y), register TP _S for storing the coordinates (x, y) of the position first touched by the finger, and coordinates (x, y) for the position touched by the last finger register TP _E to is initialized to "0", respectively. In addition, the register LY that stores the length in the y-axis direction in which the touch panel 6 is touched with a finger is initialized to “0”.

  Subsequently, monitoring for the presence / absence of a touch at every predetermined minute time t is started (S3), and when the presence of a touch operation is detected (S4: YES), whether or not the value of the counter N is 0 or less. (S5) If the value of the counter N is 1 or more (S5: NO), it is further determined whether or not it is (n + 1) or more (S6). When the value of the counter N is 0 or less (S5: YES), as will be described later, the cursor 43 reaches the upper end of the cursor display area AR4, and the upper side of the list 40 not displayed in the list display area AR1. Since the process shifts to the scroll display (upper scroll display, see FIG. 6) of the item 40a, the process shifts to step S13, and the upper scroll display process is performed.

  On the other hand, when the value of the counter N is equal to or greater than (n + 1) (S6: YES), as described later, the cursor 43 reaches the lower end of the cursor display area AR4 and is not displayed in the list display area AR1. Since the process is shifted to the scroll display (lower scroll display, see FIG. 7) of the lower item 40a 40, the process proceeds to step S14, and the lower scroll display process is performed.

If the value of the counter N is between 1 and n (S5, S6: NO), the coordinates (xi, yi) of the touch position on the display screen of the touch panel 6 are calculated and stored in TP (i) (S7). ). In the case of the first touch position, coordinates (x0, y0) are stored in TP (0). Subsequently, based on the coordinates (xi, yi), it is determined whether or not the touch position is a region corresponding to the contact portion 43a of the cursor 43 (hereinafter referred to as “cursor contact region”) (S8), and the cursor contact is performed. If it is within the region (S8: YES), it is determined whether or not it is the first touch operation (S9), and if it is the first touch operation (S9: YES), the coordinates (x0, y0) is stored in the register TP _S and the register TP _E (S10), after the count value of the counter i is incremented by "1" (S11), the process returns to step S3, the monitoring of the presence or absence of the touch operation is continued The

  The minute time t is very short, and when the normal player touches the panel surface of the touch panel 6, the state continues for a time of k (integer) × t, so when returning to step S3 from the first touch, At least until i = k, the process proceeds from step S3 to step S11.

  If no touch operation is detected in step S4 (S4: NO), it is determined whether the touch operation is detected in the previous detection (S12), and no touch operation is detected in the previous detection. If (S12: NO), the state without the touch operation is continued, the process returns to step S3, and the presence or absence of the touch operation is continued.

  If the presence of the touch operation is detected in the previous detection (S12: YES), the detection of the absence of the touch operation is the release of the touch operation, and therefore, for example, the process proceeds to another process such as a selection item confirmation process. To do. In the display example of FIG. 5 described above, after the touch operation is canceled, the selection item confirmation process is not particularly required. Therefore, in these display examples, if the presence of the touch operation is detected in the previous detection ( S12: YES), the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S9, if the touch operation is continued (S9: NO), it is determined whether or not the touch operation is within the cursor contact area (S15).
S15: NO), since it is not a normal operation of moving the cursor 43, the process returns to step S2. On the other hand, if the cursor within the contact region (S15: YES), the coordinates (xi, yi) of the register TP (i) is stored in the register TP _E (S16), the initial touch position TP _S at the current time point ( y component L of the touch interval between x0, y0) and the last touch position TP _E (xi, yi)
Y = yi-y0 is calculated and stored in the register LY (S17).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the touch interval size | LY | is equal to or larger than the item width Lr (S18). If | LY | <Lr (S18: NO), the change in the touch interval is monitored. Return to step S3. On the other hand, if | LY | ≧ Lr (S18: YES), the direction of the touch operation is further determined from the sign of the touch interval LY (S19).

  If the sign of the touch interval LY is positive, that is, if the touch operation is downward (S19: YES), after the count value of the counter N is incremented by “1” (S20), the count value N is It is determined whether or not (n + 1) is satisfied (S21). That is, it is determined whether or not the touch operation is an operation for moving the cursor 43 below the lower end of the cursor display area AR4.

  If N <n + 1 (S21: NO), it is determined that a touch operation has been performed to move the cursor 43 downward by one item in the list 40 within the cursor display area AR4, and the touch screen 6 is displayed on the display screen. The display position of the cursor 43 is moved down by the item width Lr (S22). At the same time, the position of the thick frame in the list 40 is moved down by one item, and the contents of the items indicated by the thick frame are displayed in the first display column 41 and the second display column 42 (S23), and the process goes to step S2. Return.

  On the other hand, if N = n + 1 (S21: YES), it is determined that a touch operation for moving the cursor 43 down by one item in the list 40 outside the cursor display area AR4 is performed, and the display screen of the touch panel 6 is displayed. The display position of the upper cursor 43 and the position of the thick frame of the list 40 are fixed, and scroll display processing is performed so that the display items of the list 40 are lowered by one item as a whole with respect to the list display area AR1. (S24), the process returns to step S2.

  When the process returns from step S24 to step S2, if the touch operation is continued, after the process from step S2 to step S6, the process proceeds to step S14, and then the process proceeds to step S24 is repeated. Step S14 controls the interval of scroll display for shifting the display items of the list 40 one item at a time T. This time T is set to an appropriate time such that the scroll display displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 has an appropriate speed for the player.

  If the sign of the touch interval LY is negative, that is, if the touch operation is upward (S19: NO), the count value of the counter N is decremented by “1” (S25), and then the count value N is It is determined whether or not it is 0 (S26). That is, it is determined whether or not the touch operation is an operation for moving the cursor 43 above the upper end of the cursor display area AR4.

  If N> 0 (S26: NO), it is determined that a touch operation for moving the cursor 43 up by one item in the list 40 within the cursor display area AR4 is performed, and the touch screen 6 is displayed on the display screen. The display position of the cursor 43 is moved up by the item width Lr (S27). At the same time, the position of the thick frame in the list 40 is moved up by one item, and the contents of the items indicated by the thick frame are displayed in the first display column 41 and the second display column 42 (S28), and step S2 Return to.

On the other hand, if N = 0 (S26: YES), it is determined that a touch operation for moving the cursor 43 up by one item in the list 40 outside the cursor display area AR4 is performed, and the display screen of the touch panel 6 is displayed. The display position of the upper cursor 43 and the position of the thick frame of the list 40 are fixed, and scroll display processing is performed so that the display items of the list 40 are raised by one item as a whole with respect to the list display area AR1. (S29), the process returns to step S2.

  When the process returns from step S29 to step S2, if the touch operation is continued, after the process of step S2 to step S5, the process proceeds to step S13, and then the process proceeds to step S29 is repeated. In step S13, similarly to step S14, the scroll display interval for shifting the display items of the list 40 one item at a time is controlled to time T.

In the description of the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the image of the list 40 and the image of the cursor 43 are combined and displayed adjacent to each other on the display screen of the touch panel 6. , An image composed of a list portion in which the items 40a are arranged in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction and a cursor portion indicating the item 40a provided next to the list portion is displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6, and the player's cursor It may be considered that only the cursor portion of the image of the list 40 is changed relative to the list portion according to the touch operation of the portion, and the changed image is displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6.

As described above, according to the video game apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when displaying a list on the touch panel 6, an image provided with the cursor 43 that points to the item 40 a in the list 40 adjacent to the list 40 is provided. When the player performs a touch operation to move the cursor 43 by touching the contact portion 43a of the cursor 43 with a finger or a touch pen, the display position of the cursor 43 is moved according to the touch operation, and the cursor 43 When the item 40a instructed is moved, the item width Lr of the plurality of items 40a included in the list 40 displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 is small, and it is difficult to directly touch the item 40a. However, the player can select or instruct the desired item 40a relatively easily and surely by touch operation. It can be.

When the cursor 43 moves to the end of the moving range of the display screen of the touch panel 6, the plurality of items 40 a included in the list 40 are displayed by scroll display, so the items 40 a included in the list 40 are displayed. The player can select the desired item 40a from the items 40a that are not displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6 relatively easily and reliably by the touch operation even when the number is not displayed on the display screen of the touch panel 6. You can give instructions.

  Although the case where the present invention is applied to a video game device has been described in the above embodiment, it is needless to say that the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention can be widely applied not only to a video game device but also to a display device having a touch panel.

It is a front view which shows the general view of the video game apparatus provided with the display apparatus with a touchscreen which concerns on this invention. It is a right view which shows the external appearance of the video game device. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the video game device. It is a figure which shows the structure of a touch panel. It is a figure which shows an example of the list | wrist in which the item was arranged in the vertical direction displayed on a touch panel. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the structure of a list | wrist, and the item in the list | wrist displayed on the display screen of a touch panel when a cursor is moved upwards. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the structure of a list | wrist, and the item in the list | wrist displayed on the display screen of a touchscreen when moving a cursor below. It is a figure which shows an example of the list where the item was arranged in the horizontal direction displayed on a touch panel. It is a figure which shows an example of the list | wrist in which the item was arranged in the grid | lattice shape displayed on a touch panel. It is a figure which shows an example which changes the image of a cursor with the position of the cursor in the display screen of a touch panel . It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence when selecting or instruct | indicating a desired item from a list | wrist by touch operation of a touch panel.

Explanation of symbols

1 Video game device 2 Lower body 3 Upper body 4 First display (lower screen)
5 Second display (upper screen)
6 Touch panel 7 Cross key 8 Power button 9 Indicator light 10, 11 Operation button 12A, 12B Speaker 13 Media mounting part 21 CPU
22 Drawing data generation processor 23 RAM
24 ROM
25 Drawing processor 26 VRAM
26A, 26B Screen buffer 27 D / A converter 28, 29 Display unit 30 Audio processing processor 31 Amplifier 32 Speaker 33 Input signal processing unit 34 Touch operation unit 35 Operation unit 36 Driver 37 Bus 38 Game media 40 List 41 First display column 42 Second display column 43 Cursor 43a Contact part 43b Instruction part AR1 List display area AR2 First information display area AR3 Second information display area AR4 Cursor display area

Claims (17)

Display means for displaying an image;
A position detection unit that is provided on a display screen of the display unit and detects the contact position when the display screen is touched;
A display device with a touch panel, comprising: an image discriminating unit that discriminates an image corresponding to a contact position among images displayed on the display screen based on position information of the display screen detected by the position detecting unit. And
An image creating means for creating an image including a list in which a plurality of items are arranged in a row and a cursor having a contact area of a predetermined size that is arranged adjacent to the list and indicates any item;
Display control means for displaying the image created by the image creation means on the display screen of the display means;
When the operator touches the contact area of the cursor displayed on the display screen of the display means and moves the contact position in the arrangement direction of the items in the list, the determination result of the image determination means and the position detection means Image creation control means for changing the item indicated by the cursor in the list of images created by the image creation means based on the change information of the contact position;
A display device with a touch panel, comprising: 2. The display device with a touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the cursor is configured by an image of a contact portion that constitutes the contact area and an instruction portion that instructs an item of the list from a predetermined portion of the contact portion . The display device with a touch panel according to claim 2 , wherein a length in a moving direction of the contact portion of the cursor is larger than a dimension in an arrangement direction of the list items . The display device with a touch panel according to claim 3 , wherein the contact portion of the cursor has a rectangular shape having a long side in the moving direction . The number of items included in the list is larger than the number of items that can be displayed on the display screen of the display means, and the position indicated by the cursor based on the touch operation of the operator is one end of the list displayed on the display screen. The image creation control unit fixes the position indicated by the cursor with respect to the list of images created by the image creation unit, and an item outside the one end of the list is displayed on the display screen. as will be scrolled, and wherein the sequentially changing the items constituting the list, with the touch panel display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The image creation control means performs the image creation means by the image creation means every time the change amount of the contact position detected by the position detection means exceeds a predetermined amount in the arrangement direction of the list items displayed on the display screen of the display means. and wherein the moving the instruction item of the cursor in the list of images produced by one item minute, with the touch panel display device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The display screen of the display means has a rectangular shape, and a plurality of items of the list are arranged in the vertical direction of the display screen, and the cursor in the list displayed on the display screen based on the touch operation of the operator is displayed. The display device with a touch panel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein an item to be indicated is one that changes in a vertical direction . The display screen of the display means has a rectangular shape, and a plurality of items of the list are arranged in a horizontal direction of the display screen, and the cursor in the list displayed on the display screen based on the touch operation of the operator is displayed. The display device with a touch panel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the instruction item changes in a horizontal direction. Cursor position determination means for determining which side of the list the item pointed to by the cursor belongs to when the display screen bisects the movement direction of the image of the cursor;
The said image creation control means changes the position of the said instruction | indication part in the said contact part of the said cursor created by the said image creation means based on the discrimination | determination result of the said cursor position discrimination means, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. 9. A display device with a touch panel according to 7 or 8. A video game apparatus comprising the display device with a touch panel according to claim 1. Computer
An image creating means for creating an image including a list in which a plurality of items are arranged in a row and a cursor having a contact area of a predetermined size that is arranged adjacent to the list and indicates any item;
Display control means for displaying the image created by the image creating means on the display screen of the display means;
Position detecting means for detecting a contact position of the display screen based on a signal from a sensor provided on the display screen of the display means;
When the operator touches the contact area of the cursor displayed on the display screen of the display means and moves the contact position in the arrangement direction of the items in the list, the determination result of the image determination means and the position detection means Image creation control means for changing the item indicated by the cursor in the list of images created by the image creation means based on the change information of the contact position;
A program characterized by making it function . The program according to claim 11, wherein the cursor is configured by an image of a contact portion that constitutes the contact area and an instruction portion that instructs an item of the list from a predetermined location of the contact portion. The program according to claim 12, wherein a length in a moving direction of the contact portion of the cursor is larger than a dimension in an arrangement direction of the list items. The program according to claim 13, wherein the contact portion of the cursor has a rectangular shape having a long side in the moving direction. The number of items included in the list is larger than the number of items that can be displayed on the display screen of the display means, and the position indicated by the cursor based on the touch operation of the operator is one end of the list displayed on the display screen. The image creation control unit fixes the position indicated by the cursor with respect to the list of images created by the image creation unit, and an item outside the one end of the list is displayed on the display screen. 12. The program according to claim 11, wherein items constituting the list are sequentially changed so as to be scroll-displayed. The image creation control means performs the image creation means by the image creation means every time the change amount of the contact position detected by the position detection means exceeds a predetermined amount in the arrangement direction of the list items displayed on the display screen of the display means. The program according to any one of claims 11 to 15, wherein an item designated by the cursor in the list of images to be created is moved one item at a time. The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program in any one of Claims 11 thru | or 16.