JP6501533B2 - Interface program for icon selection - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an interface program for selecting an icon arranged on a touch display in consideration of usability.

  Conventional mobile terminals, in particular smart phones, typically comprise a touch display. The touch display includes a detection unit (touch panel) and a display unit (display), and the user can operate the screen by performing touch operation on the icon through an object such as a fingertip or a stylus.

  In recent years, smartphones have become more and more multifunctional, and data displayed on a display has also been diversified, and this has led to complicated user operations. For example, a desired application such as a game application is launched from the screen after smartphone startup to perform a desired operation, or a desired setting is performed on the smartphone from the screen after startup through a predetermined menu screen. User operations are complicated. In the prior art, it is common to provide a user interface that guides the user's touch operation by, for example, fixing and aligning the icons in a line on the display in consideration of the operability of the user.

JP 2013-74499

  However, in the prior art icon display, only icons are automatically or manually aligned and displayed, and it can not be said that the user is provided with sufficient operability. This is because the user is required to touch the finger with pinpoint to the icon position to specify the icon.

  Especially when the user needs to hold touch with one hand while holding it with one hand in moving means such as trains and buses, or when the user needs to continuously touch in a game on a smartphone Requesting the correct user operation for simply arranged icons is not preferable from the viewpoint of usability. In particular, in a game on a smartphone, it is necessary to effectively provide the user with operability associated with various switching such as switching of the player's action, mode switching, and screen display switching.

  The present invention aims to improve the usability of a portable terminal, and when the user performs icon selection using the portable terminal, it is not necessary to make the user touch the finger with a pinpoint at a predetermined icon position. It is providing a user interface which enables an icon selection to be effectively performed by operation.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a first interface program,
An interface program for selecting an icon disposed on a display unit of a portable terminal that can be held by one hand, wherein the detection unit detects a user's touch involving a slide operation,
Determine the operation amount of the slide operation detected by the detection unit;
A plurality of icons movably arranged on the virtual arc in the display unit are simultaneously moved in a predetermined direction in the display unit according to the operation amount; between a reference position which is a fixed position on the virtual arc and each position of the icon Selecting one of the icons based on the distance; performing a function associated with the selected icon; causing the portable terminal to function as a controller
An interface program is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, as the second interface program, the interface program described in the first aspect is,
The control unit sets an angle formed by a position vector of a start point of the slide operation and a position vector of an end point of the slide operation when the center of a virtual circle of which the virtual arc is a part is set as an origin. An interface program can be obtained which determines the amount of operation based on that.

Further, according to the present invention, as the third interface program, the interface program according to the first or second aspect is provided.
Allowing the portable terminal to further function as a handedness selection unit that receives a selection as to whether the user of the portable terminal is right-handed or left-handed,
When the right-handed is selected, the control unit sets the virtual arc to the left of the start point of the slide operation;
When the left-handed is selected, the control unit sets the virtual arc to the right of the start point of the slide operation.
An interface program is obtained.

  A user interface capable of effectively performing icon selection by slide operation on a portable terminal through realizing a computer program, portable terminal and computer implemented method for icon selection according to the present invention Can be provided. In particular, according to the present invention, since icons are displayed around the user's finger, icon selection can be efficiently realized. In addition, at the time of the slide operation, since the plurality of icons are moved in conjunction with the movement of the finger, it is possible to provide the user with a sense of operability.

It is an exemplary block diagram showing basic composition of a personal digital assistant by an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing an operation example of selecting one of a plurality of icons by a slide operation according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a schematic view illustrating another operation example of selecting one of a plurality of icons by a slide operation according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the game screen by embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a dominant hand selection screen. It is a figure which shows the movement direction of the finger on a touch display.

  Referring now to FIG. 1 and the following, a computer program, portable terminal and computer implemented method for icon selection according to embodiments of the present invention will be described. In the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  First, with reference to FIG. 1, a basic configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing only the basic components of the portable terminal. The mobile terminal 10 can be a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a game console, a notebook PC, etc. that can communicate with a server or another terminal, but is not limited thereto. As illustrated, the portable terminal 10 includes a touch display 20, a control unit 60, and a storage unit 80 as a basic configuration. Then, the control unit 60 is electrically coupled to the touch display 20 and the storage unit 80 through each bus.

  The touch display 20 includes a display unit (display) 30 for displaying various data stored in the storage unit 80, and a detection unit (touch panel) 40 for detecting contact of an object such as a human finger or a stylus. The touch panel 30 is disposed in the upper layer of the display 20 such as a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL, a plasma display, and the like because of the structure of the touch display. The touch display 10 can adopt a pressure detection method, a resistive film method, a capacitance method, an electromagnetic induction method, or the like. When an input is received on the touch panel 40 by the contact of an object such as a finger or a stylus, the amount of change in pressure, electric resistance, electric capacity, energy of elastic wave, etc. is detected at that position. Coordinates are identified.

  The storage unit 80 is a storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk, and reads / writes data from / to the storage medium. The storage unit 80 also stores a plurality of icon information to be displayed on the display unit 30. The plurality of icons may have a hierarchical structure and may be classified and stored for each hierarchy. In this case, at least one icon corresponding to the hierarchy is displayed on the display. In addition, the icon information is executed when an icon type indicating the type such as “folder” / “file” format of the icon, position coordinate information on the display when displayed on the display 20, and an icon are selected. Information such as related application program information. Folders, files, and application programs are also stored in the storage unit 80. In particular, in the storage unit 80, each function such as “folder expansion”, “file open”, “program execution”, “display switching”, “candidate selection” is stored in association with the icon (for example, as part of icon information) Ru. The information stored in the storage unit 80 may be stored, for example, in a server, and may be temporarily downloaded to the mobile terminal 10 through the network, instead of being stored in the mobile terminal 10.

  The control unit 60 is configured to include a processing device, and is touched by an object to execute processing of determining touch coordinates on the display 30 detected by the touch panel 40. In addition, icon selection processing that is essential to the implementation of the present invention, and execution of a function associated with the selected icon (described later) are performed.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, an operation example of selecting one of a plurality of displayed icons through a slide operation on the touch display will be described. In FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 (as shown in FIG. 6), it is assumed that the user operates the touch display with the thumb while fixing the portable terminal in the vertical direction (that is, holding the portable terminal vertically). . Further, as shown, three icons (icons IC01 to IC03) are displayed on the display, and in the initial state (FIG. 2), the icon IC03 is located within the reference position STD. In the following description, it is assumed that the right-handed user selects the icon IC01 by arbitrarily performing the slide operation from the slide start point P1 to the slide end point P2.

  In FIG. 2, in the touch display 20 (not shown), a substantially arc-shaped menu area MA is formed on the left side of the slide start point P1, and a plurality of icons IC01 to IC03 located in the MA are equal It is arranged to be an interval. Menu area MA is movable within the range of virtual arc ARC, in other words, icons IC01 to IC03 are rotated clockwise CW or counterclockwise CCW while maintaining the spacing within the range of virtual arc ARC. It is movable. Further, in the virtual arc ARC, a rectangular area is provided at a fixed position as a reference position STD. In the present embodiment, the setting position of virtual arc ARC is set to be located on the left side of the slide start point. Thereby, when the slide operation is performed, the menu area MA is not hidden by the user's finger or the like.

  The size of the menu area may be changed according to the number of icons, and the virtual arc ARC may be displayed according to the game property.

  In FIG. 2, when the user places a finger on P1 on the touch display 20, first, the virtual arc ARC is set with the position as the slide start point P1, and the menu area MA, icons IC01 to IC03, reference position STD Is placed. The user then starts slide movement (X direction) from the slide start point P1 on the touch panel. When the slide movement due to the touch of a finger is detected by the touch panel, the operation amount of the slide operation is determined. Then, the menu area MA is moved along the virtual arc ARC in accordance with the determination result.

  Specifically, when the center O of the virtual circle VC of which the virtual arc ARC is a part is set as the origin, the above-described operation amount is the position vector vP1 of the slide operation start point P1 and the slide operation end point P2. It is determined based on the angle θ formed by the position vector vP2. In the present embodiment, when the angle between the position vector vP1 and the position vector vP2 is + θ, the menu area MA moves in the counterclockwise direction CCW. On the other hand, when the slide operation is performed from the slide operation start point P1 toward the slide end point P3 (in the X 'direction), the menu area MA is formed when the angle between the position vector vP1 and the position vector vP3 is -θ. Moves clockwise CW.

  In the present invention, by moving the icons IC01 to IC03 according to the amount of the slide operation in this way, the movement of the finger to be slid can be interlocked with the movement of the icon. Operation can be provided.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the user slides the finger in the right direction to the slide end point P2, the area of the reference position STD on the virtual arc ARC ends at the time of the slide operation end when the finger is released from the touch panel. The icon IC01 is in the overlapping state. In this case, the icon IC01 is selected to execute the associated function.

  When a part of IC01 overlaps the area of the reference position STD at the end of the slide operation when the finger is released from the touch panel, that is, the icon with the icon IC01 located closest to the reference position STD The icon IC01 is selected also in the case where it is set. Thus, when the finger is released from the touch panel, one icon is selected according to the distance from the reference position STD to each icon. In this case, each position of the menu area is automatically adjusted by being rotated clockwise somewhat along the virtual arc ARC so that the icon IC01 is accommodated in the area of the reference position STD. As a result, it is possible to present the user that the icon IC has been selected.

  By configuring the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide sensory operability to the user, and when the user performs icon selection using the portable terminal, the user can be instructed to a predetermined icon position. It is possible to eliminate the need to touch the finger with a pinpoint and efficiently carry out the icon selection by the user.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 6, due to the structure of the hand, it is easier to move the thumb in the CC ′ direction than moving the thumb in the DD ′ direction. In the present invention, since the amount of operation is determined by the angle between the position vector of the start point of the slide operation and the position vector of the end point of the slide operation, the menu area can be used for natural finger movement of the user. The movement of can be linked.

  A computer program for icon selection, a portable terminal, and a computer implemented method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applicable to all scenes such as selecting one icon accompanied by a slide operation on a terminal by a user.

  For example, user menu selection operation or program execution in basic software of a mobile terminal or predetermined application, game progress operation during game play on a smartphone (especially user menu selection, player mode switching, screen display switching, etc.) This method can be applied to operations such as selection of a message input candidate in a message application and folder expansion or image file opening in a predetermined folder in a photo management application etc. Terminal operation can be performed smoothly even in the case of or where complex continuous operation is required.

  As an example, FIG. 4 shows an example of game progress operation during game play on a smartphone. The game shown in FIG. 4 is an example of an online competitive game in which a character can move in a three-dimensional game space by a user operation and confronts an enemy character encountered during movement. The user can display the menu area, the icon, and the reference position STD by touching an arbitrary position on the touch display in a scene where the character attacks an enemy character.

  Also, in the above-described embodiment, an example of the interface of the right-handed user has been described, but for example, for the left-handed user, the menu area is hidden by his / her finger or hand. Therefore, it is possible to further provide a handedness selection function as shown in FIG. In this case, the process when left handed is selected may be performed symmetrically in the process described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. That is, the virtual arc ARC is set to be located on the right side of the slide start point P1, and when the angle between the position vector vP1 and the position vector vP2 is + θ, the menu area MA is moved clockwise CW, As in the case where the slide operation is performed from the slide operation start point P1 to the slide end point P3, when the angle between the position vector vP1 and the position vector vP3 is -θ, the menu area MA moves counterclockwise CCW You should do it.

  The computer program, the portable terminal and the computer implemented method for icon selection according to the embodiments of the present invention have been described above. The embodiments described above are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and that the present invention includes the equivalents thereof.

10 Mobile terminal 20 Touch display 30 Display / display 40 Detector / Touch panel 60 Control unit 80 Memory MA Menu area IC01 to IC03 Icon STD reference position

Claims (3)

An interface program for selecting an icon disposed on a display unit of a portable terminal that can be held by one hand, wherein the detection unit detects a user's touch involving a slide operation,
In the display unit, a plurality of icons are movably arranged on a virtual arc at a position determined according to the start position of the slide operation; the operation amount of the slide operation detected by the detection unit is determined Simultaneously moving the plurality of icons in a predetermined direction on the virtual arc according to the operation amount; based on a distance between a reference position, which is a fixed position on the virtual arc, and each position of the icon Select one; execute the function associated with the selected icon; make the portable terminal function as a controller,
Interface program. The interface program according to claim 1, wherein
The control unit is configured of a position vector indicating a start position of the slide operation and a position vector indicating an end position of the slide operation, when the center of a virtual circle partially including the virtual arc is set as an origin. An interface program for determining the operation amount based on an angle. An interface program according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein
Allowing the portable terminal to further function as a handedness selection unit that receives a selection as to whether the user of the portable terminal is right-handed or left-handed,
When the right-handed is selected, the control unit sets the virtual arc to the left of the start position of the slide operation;
When the left-handed is selected, the control unit sets the virtual arc to the right of the start position of the slide operation.
Interface program.