JP5033616B2 - Electronics - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus capable of moving an instruction unit displayed on a display unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic devices such as mobile phones have been enhanced in functionality, and various functions have been installed in addition to main functions. For example, a mobile phone is equipped with a browser that can browse web pages on the Internet. In recent years, not only mobile phone-specific pages but also pages for PCs (Personal Computers) have been browsed as display resolution has improved. It has become possible. In such a browser, a pointer is displayed on the screen as in the case of the PC, and a moving operation by the user is accepted.

  By the way, a web page to be browsed has an instructed part such as a link for transitioning to another page, and the user moves an instructing part such as a pointer to the instructed part such as the link. A matching operation is required. However, an operation using a cross key or the like in a portable electronic device is not suitable for fine movement for matching a small link on a small screen, and is difficult to operate compared to a mouse operation or the like in the case of a PC.

Therefore, a proposal for improving the operability of link selection has been made. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that the position of a pointer is notified by sound or vibration. Patent Document 2 shows that when the pointer is stopped, the pointer is moved to the link closest to the stop position among the links within a predetermined angle range with respect to the pointer operation direction. Yes.
JP 2003-283615 A JP-A-10-301717

  However, in Patent Document 1, although the user can detect the position of the pointer by sound or vibration, the movement of the pointer itself is performed by the user, so the difficulty of operation is not improved.

  In Patent Document 2, although improvement in operability can be expected by automatically moving to a nearby link when the pointer is stopped, it moves even if the number of links is small and the distance between the pointer and the link is far away. There is a possibility that the user does not want to move. Furthermore, since the pointer is moved immediately when the pointer is stopped, the pointer is moved only by releasing the key during the operation by the user. For example, even when the direction is changed from left to right, the link is not intended. There was a risk that the pointer would be moved.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device that can improve operability when an instruction unit displayed on a display unit is moved to an instructed unit.

  The electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays an image, a moving unit that moves an instruction unit displayed on the display unit on the image, and the instruction unit among the instruction units included in the image. Detecting means for detecting a pointed part whose distance to the display position is within a predetermined distance, and time measuring means for starting time counting in response to the movement of the pointing part by the moving means being stopped, The moving means is characterized in that when the time measuring means detects that a predetermined time has elapsed, the moving means moves the instruction section on the indicated section detected by the detection means.

  The electronic device of the present invention further includes a calculation unit that calculates a distance between the display position of the instruction unit and the instruction target unit, and the moving unit includes the instruction unit detected by the detection unit. It is preferable that the pointing unit is moved on the pointed unit having the shortest distance calculated by the calculating unit.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the electronic device of this invention is further provided with the drawing means which draws the figure which shows the range of the said predetermined distance from the said to-be-designated part on the said image.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the electronic device of this invention is further provided with the drawing means which draws the figure which shows the range of the said predetermined distance from the said instruction | indication part on the said image.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said image is a web page and the said to-be-designated part is a link displayed on the said web page.

  In addition, when the operation unit is not operated for a predetermined time after the instruction unit is moved onto the instructed unit, the moving unit returns the instruction unit to a position before the movement. Is preferred.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the electronic device of the present invention further includes a determining unit that determines the predetermined distance based on a distance between the indicated parts when the image includes a plurality of indicated parts.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the electronic device of this invention is further provided with the change means which changes the display color of the said to-be-designated part detected according to having been detected by the said detection means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the operativity at the time of moving the instruction | indication part displayed on the display part to an instruction | indication part can be improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a mobile phone 1 which is an example of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention. In the following, the mobile phone 1 will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable navigation device, a game machine, etc. There may be.

  The mobile phone 1 includes an operation unit side body 2 and a display unit side body 3. The operation unit side body 2 includes an operation unit 11 and a microphone 12 into which a voice uttered by a user of the mobile phone 1 is input on the surface unit 10. The operation unit 11 includes a function setting operation button 13 for activating various functions such as various setting functions, a telephone book function, and a mail function, and an input operation button 14 for inputting numbers of telephone numbers, mail characters, and the like. , And a determination operation button 15 for performing determination and scrolling in various operations.

  Note that the pointer movement on the browser in this embodiment is performed by the operation unit 11, particularly the determination operation button 15.

  Further, the display unit side body 3 includes a display unit 21 such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying various kinds of information on the surface unit 20 and a receiver 22 that outputs the voice of the other party of the call. Configured.

  Further, the upper end portion of the operation unit side body 2 and the lower end portion of the display unit side body 3 are connected via a hinge mechanism 4. In addition, the mobile phone 1 relatively rotates the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3 which are connected via the hinge mechanism 4, so that the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3 are rotated. The body 3 can be in an open state (open state), or the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3 can be folded (folded state).

  1 shows a form of a so-called foldable mobile phone, the form of the mobile phone according to the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3 One housing is slid in one direction from the stacked state, and one housing is centered on the axis line along the overlapping direction of the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3. Such as a rotating type (turn type) that rotates the body, a type in which the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3 are arranged in one casing and does not have a connecting part (straight type). May be.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the mobile phone 1. The mobile phone 1 includes a display unit 21, a CPU 51, a communication control unit 52, an antenna 53, a voice control unit 54, a speaker 55, an operation unit 11, and a memory 56.

  The CPU 51 controls the entire mobile phone 1 and reads and executes various programs stored in the memory 56 to perform predetermined processing in cooperation with the hardware.

  The communication control unit 52 communicates with an external device using a predetermined use frequency band (for example, 800 MHz). Specifically, the signal received by the antenna 53 is demodulated, and the processed signal is supplied to the CPU 51. Further, the signal supplied from the CPU 51 is modulated and transmitted to the external device via the antenna 53.

  The audio control unit 54 performs predetermined audio processing on the signal supplied from the communication control unit 52 according to the control of the CPU 51, and outputs the processed signal to the receiver 22. The receiver 22 outputs the signal supplied from the audio control unit 54 to the outside. This signal may be output from the speaker 55 instead of the receiver 22 or together with the receiver 22.

  The voice control unit 54 processes a signal input from the microphone 12 according to the control of the CPU 51 and outputs the processed signal to the communication control unit 52. The communication control unit 52 performs predetermined processing on the signal supplied from the voice control unit 54 and outputs the processed signal to the antenna 53.

  The memory 56 includes, for example, a working memory and is used for arithmetic processing by the CPU 51. In particular, in this embodiment, as data related to Web page display control, a threshold value for determining that the pointer and the link are approached, distance data between the pointer and each link, an elapsed time after the movement of the pointer is stopped, etc. Is memorized.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing of the mobile phone 1 when browsing a Web page. The CPU 51 performs the following processing according to the movement of the pointer by a user operation.

  In step S <b> 1, the CPU 51 moves the position of the pointer on the Web page according to the operation input from the operation unit 11. Specifically, the pointer is moved in the designated direction by key input in the up / down and left / right directions of the determination operation button 15. At this time, since the display position of the pointer on the display unit 21 is preferably near the center, the display of the Web page is scrolled up and down or left and right as necessary.

  In step S2, the CPU 51 determines whether the coordinates of the pointer moved in step S1 are on a link included in the web page. If this determination is YES, it is determined that the pointer points to this link, and the process proceeds to step S3. On the other hand, if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S3, the CPU 51 changes the color of the link pointed to by the pointer. This notifies the user that the link has been selected.

  In step S4, the CPU 51 determines whether or not a decision input has been made. Specifically, for example, it is determined whether or not the determination operation button 15 has been pressed. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S5, and if the determination is NO, the process returns to step S1.

  In step S5, the CPU 51 makes a transition to the destination indicated by the link for which the determination input has been made in step S4, and updates the display of the web page.

  In step S6, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the coordinates of the pointer are inside a circle having a radius R from the link center. Here, the radius R is a value stored in the memory 56 in advance, and may be changed by a predetermined operation input. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S7, and if the determination is NO, the process returns to step S1.

  In step S <b> 7, the CPU 51 starts a timer as a time measuring means, and starts measuring the time elapsed after the movement of the pointer is stopped.

  In step S8, the CPU 51 determines whether the pointer has been moved by the user after starting the timer timing. If this determination is YES, the process returns to step S2 without waiting for the timer to expire (elapse of a predetermined time). On the other hand, if the determination is NO, the timer timing is continued and the process proceeds to step S9.

  In step S9, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the timer timing has expired. Specifically, when the pointer is not moved for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second), the timer timing is expired. The predetermined time is stored in the memory 56 in advance, but may be changed by a predetermined operation input. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S10, and if the determination is NO, the process returns to step S8.

  In step S10, the CPU 51 moves the pointer to the center position of the link determined to have entered the radius R in step S6. Then, the process proceeds to step S3, and the link is selected.

  In the present embodiment, the pointer is moved to the center of the link. However, in the movement of step S10, the pointer may be moved to a position other than the center on the link.

  Here, when the distance between the pointer and the plurality of links is within R, the link having the shortest distance from the pointer is selected and moved. Thereby, it can be expected to be automatically moved to the link intended by the user.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the pointer is stopped near the link (within a predetermined distance), the pointer is automatically moved onto the link after a predetermined time has elapsed. That is, since the automatic movement of the pointer is realized by the processing of steps S6 to S10, the operability is improved as compared with the conventional case. Further, by limiting the movement to the link within a predetermined distance, the possibility of automatic movement to an unintended link can be reduced.

  4 and 5 are diagrams showing examples of screen display of a Web page on the mobile phone 1. FIG. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the pointer 402 enters the vicinity of the link 401 (within a predetermined distance), and FIG. 5 shows a state in which the pointer is automatically moved onto the link.

  In FIG. 4, a circle with a radius R (for example, 100 pixels) is drawn from the center of the link 401. Since the pointer 402 is moved to the inside of this circle by the user's operation input, the CPU 51 detects this link 401 as a movement target of the pointer 402.

  In FIG. 5, since a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) has elapsed after the pointer 402 is stationary in the state of FIG. 4, the pointer 402 is moved to the center of the link 401, that is, the center of the circle. At this time, the link 401 is in a selected state and changes the color.

  In addition, although the range which determines that the pointer has approached the link is a circle, it is not limited to this. For example, it may be adapted to the shape and size of the link, such as an area of a predetermined distance around the link.

  Further, the range for determining that the pointer has approached the link is a circle having a predetermined distance from the center of the link, but it may be a circle having a predetermined distance from the pointer. In this case, when the link enters the circle with the radius R from the pointer, it is determined that the pointer has approached the link.

  4 and 5, a circle for determining that the pointer has approached the link is drawn, but this drawing may not be performed. Alternatively, drawing ON / OFF may be switched according to a predetermined operation input.

  In the present embodiment, the radius R as a range for determining that the pointer has approached the link is set to a constant value regardless of the content of the Web page, but is not limited thereto. For example, the control may be performed such that the value of R is reduced for a Web page with a high link density, and the value of R is increased for a Web page with a low link and a low density. Thereby, there is a possibility that the operability can be appropriately adjusted according to the content of the Web page.

  In the present embodiment, the color of the link is changed in accordance with the movement of the pointer to the link position. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the color of the link may be changed when the pointer approaches the link. Thus, the user can know before the movement that the pointer is automatically moved and which link is selected. Therefore, if the user is different from the intended link, the user can move the pointer by an operation input without waiting for automatic movement, and the user can immediately know the movement destination, so that the operability is improved. The

  Further, when the decision input is not made even after a predetermined time has elapsed after the pointer has moved to the link position, the pointer may be returned to the position before the movement. Thereby, the automatic movement to the link which a user does not intend is suppressed.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

1 is an external perspective view of a mobile phone 1 according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function of the mobile telephone 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the mobile telephone 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows a mode that the pointer entered into the vicinity of the link as a screen display example which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows a mode that the pointer was automatically moved on the link as a screen display example which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 11 Operation part 15 Determination operation button 21 Display part 51 CPU
52 Communication Control Unit 53 Antenna 54 Audio Control Unit 55 Speaker 56 Memory 401 Link (Instructed Unit)
402 Pointer (instruction part)

Claims (7)

A display for displaying an image;
The position of the indicator displayed on the display unit, and hands stage Before moving on the image,
And a time counting means for starting time counting in response to movement of said indicator portion by the movement causes means is stopped,
The moving causes means,
When the predetermined time elapses by the time measuring means, the pointed part whose movement to the pointed part included in the image is within a predetermined distance among the pointed parts included in the image. Move it up ,
After the instruction unit that has stopped moving is moved onto the instructed unit, if the operation on the instructed unit has not been performed for a predetermined time, the instruction unit that has been moved over the instructed unit is moved before the movement. An electronic device characterized by being returned to the position where it was stopped . A calculation unit that calculates a distance between the display position of the instruction unit and the indicated unit;
The moving means moves the pointing unit onto the pointed unit having the shortest distance calculated by the calculating unit among the pointed units whose distance from the display position of the pointing unit is within a predetermined distance. The electronic device according to claim 1.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a drawing unit that draws a graphic indicating the range of the predetermined distance from the instructed unit on the image.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a drawing unit that draws a graphic indicating the range of the predetermined distance from the instruction unit on the image. The image is a web page;
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the instructed unit is a link displayed on the Web page. If it contains a plurality of the indicated portion to the image, based on the distance between the target instruction unit, according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising determination means for determining the predetermined distance Electronic equipment. Of the indicated portion included in the image, any of claims 1 to 6 in which the distance with respect to the display position of the indicator portion further comprises a changing means for changing the display color of the indicator portion is within a predetermined distance 1 The electronic device as described in the paragraph.

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