JP7318343B2 - Information processing device and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and a program.

2. Description of the Related Art Some information processing apparatuses that accept input of characters from a user use a module called an input method engine or the like. This module generates a string according to the user's input operation. For example, the module generates phonetic character strings such as kana according to the user's operation, decomposes the phonetic character strings into clauses, refers to a dictionary, and creates kanji characters etc. according to those clauses. Generate a string containing Also, some modules generate character strings according to the above-described operations based on the history of past operations by the user.

Various techniques have been studied for outputting a character string according to the user's input operation to assist the user's input operation. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes an e-mail address input method that, when characters are entered, outputs a combination of e-mail addresses including e-mail addresses starting with the characters as candidates for completion. . Further, in Patent Document 2, when a predetermined character is received, destination information connected to the character is detected from a storage means, and the destination information is displayed on a display means according to a predetermined display order by an operation. describes a destination information input device for requesting confirmation of selection of desired destination information from among the destination information.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-16003 JP 2007-41675 A

By the way, a general module does not generate only one character string that is temporarily selected according to the received operation, but generates multiple character strings as candidates according to the operation. Then, the information processing device may display these candidates and accept the user's selection.

However, if the application program (hereinafter referred to as an application) that uses the module also has a function to display conversion candidates according to the above-mentioned "temporarily selected character string", the candidates displayed by the module will be displayed in the display area. is occupied, and the conversion candidates of the application may be hidden.

One of the objects of the present invention is that when an application generates a second character string using a first character string generated by a module according to an accepted operation, the display of candidates for the first character string is the second character string. It is to avoid obstructing the display of column candidates.

An information processing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires first character string candidates generated by a module according to a received operation; a second acquisition unit that acquires a second character string candidate generated by an application according to one character string; and a display unit that displays the first character string candidate when the second character string candidate is displayed. a display control unit configured to control the display unit so as not to display the candidate for the second character string, the display control unit performing a switching operation for switching display when the display unit is displaying the candidates for the second character string. is accepted, the information processing apparatus causes the display unit to display the candidate of the first character string while displaying the candidate of the second character string.

In the information processing apparatus according to claim 2 of the present invention, in the aspect according to claim 1, the display control unit moves a region for displaying the second character string candidate as the switching operation. An information processing apparatus characterized in that, when an operation is accepted, the area is moved and the candidate for the first character string is displayed at the position where the candidate for the second character string was displayed. be.

A program according to claim 3 of the present invention comprises : a computer having a display unit; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a second character string candidate generated by an application according to one of the first character strings; A switching operation for switching the display while the display unit is displaying the second character string candidate, while functioning as a display control unit that controls the display unit so as not to display the character string candidate. is accepted, the display control unit causes the display unit to display candidates for the first character string.

According to the inventions of claims 1 and 3 , candidates for the second character string are displayed without displaying candidates for the first character string. That is, according to the inventions of claims 1 and 3, the display of the first character string candidate does not hinder the operation of the second character string candidate. Further, according to the inventions of claims 1 and 3, when a switching operation for switching the display is received while the display unit is displaying the second character string candidates, the first character string candidates , and the candidate for the second character string are both displayed.
According to the second aspect of the invention, the acquired candidate for the second character string is displayed on the display unit. Further, according to the second aspect of the invention, when an operation to move the area for displaying the second character string candidate is accepted, the second character string candidate is moved and displayed, and the second character string candidate is displayed. The first character string candidate can be displayed at the position where the character string candidate was displayed.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing device 1; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of an information processing device 1; FIG. The figure which shows an example of the table|surface which matched a name, a phonetic syllabary, and an e-mail address. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a display unit 15 of the information processing device 1; FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of first character string candidates for one character operation; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of second character string candidates corresponding to the first character string shown in FIG. 5; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of first character string candidates for operations of two characters; FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of second character string candidates corresponding to the first character string shown in FIG. 7; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of second character string candidates when the specified first character string is changed; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an operation for switching display of candidates;

<Embodiment>
<Configuration of information processing device>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing device 1. As shown in FIG. The information processing device 1 shown in FIG.

The control unit 11 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory), and RAM (Random Access Memory), and the CPU is a computer program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 12 (hereinafter simply referred to as a program). is read and executed to control each part of the information processing apparatus 1 .

The communication unit 13 is a communication circuit that connects to the communication line 2 by wire or wirelessly. The information processing device 1 exchanges information with an external device connected to the communication line 2 through the communication unit 13 . Note that the information processing device 1 may not have the communication unit 13 when it is not necessary to exchange information with an external device.

The operation unit 14 includes operation buttons, a keyboard, a touch panel and the like for giving various instructions, receives operations by the user, and sends signals corresponding to the operation contents to the control unit 11 . The user's operation is, for example, a keystroke on a keyboard, a gesture on a touch panel, or the like.

The display unit 15 has a display screen such as a liquid crystal display, and displays images under the control of the control unit 11 . A transparent touch panel of the operation unit 14 may be superimposed on the display screen.

The storage unit 12 is storage means such as a solid state drive or a hard disk drive, and stores an operating system read by the CPU of the control unit 11, various programs, data, and the like.

<Functional Configuration of Information Processing Device>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the information processing device 1. As shown in FIG. The control unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 reads and executes the operating system from the storage unit 12, and also reads and executes the input application 111, the conversion module 112, and the input-received application 113, which are programs.

The input application 111 is an application that displays a so-called “touch keyboard”, which is a virtual keyboard, on the display unit 15 and receives a user's operation on this touch keyboard. This operation is accepted by the touch panel of the operation unit 14, for example. The input application 111 exchanges information with the conversion module 112 and the input receiver application 113 .

The conversion module 112 refers to the dictionary and converts the phonetic characters and the like indicated by the operation received by the input application 111 into a character string including the corresponding Chinese characters and the like. The conversion module 112 also refers to the history of past operations received from the user and generates a character string predicted from the newly received operation. That is, this conversion module 112 is a kind of module that generates a character string (referred to as a first character string) according to an operation received by the information processing device 1 .

The input receiver application 113 performs information processing using the character string supplied from the input application 111 . The input-receiving application 113 described below is an application that sends an e-mail to the e-mail address indicated by the character string supplied from the input application 111 .

The input-receiving application 113 shown in FIG. 2 transmits a predetermined signal to the input application 111 at the time of activation, for example. This determined signal is a signal instructing not to display the first character string candidate on the display unit 15 .

The information processing apparatus 1 also stores, in the storage unit 12, a table in which the name of the destination of the e-mail, the phonetic pronunciation of the name, and the mail address indicating the destination itself are associated with each other.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a table in which names, phonetic syllabaries, and mail addresses are associated with each other. "Number" in the table shown in FIG. 3 is an identification number assigned to each set of name, pronunciation, and mail address. This number identifies the above-mentioned set contained in the table. The input-receiving application 113 reads out the table shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 15 of the information processing device 1. As shown in FIG. Area A<b>1 is an area controlled by input-receiving application 113 . An area A2 is an area controlled by the input application 111 and represents a touch keyboard. Area A4 is an area controlled by input application 111, in which candidates for the second character string generated by input-receiving application 113 are horizontally arranged and displayed, and selection of each candidate is accepted. .

The input application 111 illustrated in FIG. 2 functions as a reception unit 1110 , a first acquisition unit 1111 , a second acquisition unit 1112 , a display control unit 1113 and an input unit 1114 .

A reception unit 1110 receives a user's operation from the operation unit 14 . If the accepted operation is to select one of the character string candidates displayed on display unit 15 , accepting unit 1110 supplies operation information indicating the operation to input unit 1114 . This "candidate selection operation" is, for example, a tap operation on an area indicating a candidate, a pressing operation of a key indicating a control character such as a "confirm" key on a touch keyboard, or the like.

Upon receiving operation information from reception unit 1110 , input unit 1114 identifies a candidate character string selected by the user based on the operation information, and inputs the identified character string to input-receiving application 113 . That is, the input unit 1114 is an example of an input unit that inputs a character string indicated by the selected candidate to the application when an operation to select one of the candidates displayed on the display unit is accepted. be.

Further, when the received operation is not one for selecting the above candidate, the receiving unit 1110 supplies operation information indicating the operation to the conversion module 112 .

Conversion module 112 generates a first character string based on the operation information supplied from reception unit 1110 . If the operation indicated by the supplied operation information is, for example, pressing a key indicating a non-control character such as an alphabetic character or a symbol on a touch keyboard, the conversion module 112 includes phonetic characters corresponding to those keys. Generate the first string. Also, the conversion module 112 predicts the first character string that the user is about to input based on the above-described operation and the user's past operation history, and generates candidates for the first character string. A conversion mode in which candidates for the first character string are generated by prediction is called a “predictive conversion mode”.

Then, if the operation indicated by the supplied operation information is, for example, an operation indicating an instruction to switch the conversion mode, the conversion module 112 switches from the above-described "predictive conversion mode" to the "kana-kanji conversion mode." The "kana-kanji conversion mode" is a conversion mode for generating a first character string including kanji characters corresponding to the phonetic characters based on a dictionary from the first character string including the above-described phonetic characters. be.

When the conversion mode is switched to the kana-kanji conversion mode, the conversion module 112 decomposes the first character string including the phonetic characters and the like into one or more clauses by syntactic analysis processing such as morphological analysis. Then, the conversion module 112 extracts from the dictionary kanji and the like associated with the reading of each clause, and generates a first character string in which these are arranged in order.

The first acquisition unit 1111 acquires the above-described first character string from the conversion module 112 . That is, the first acquisition unit 1111 is an example of a first acquisition unit that acquires the first character string generated by the module according to the accepted operation.

The first acquisition unit 1111 shown in FIG. 2 acquires the candidates for the first character string generated by the conversion module 112 and supplies them to the display control unit 1113 . Further, the first acquiring unit 1111 shown in FIG. 2 identifies one first character string from among the one or more acquired candidates, and supplies this first character string to the input-receiving application 113 . The identification of the first character string is performed, for example, based on the ranking given to each of the one or more candidates according to the user's past operations.

The input-receiving application 113 generates a character string (referred to as a second character string) corresponding to the supplied first character string. The input-receiving application 113 shown in FIG. 2 extracts the name of the e-mail destination stored in the table shown in FIG. A mail address associated with each of the extracted names or phonetic syllabaries is specified. Input-receiving application 113 then generates a second character string including the specified email address.

When input-receiving application 113 identifies a plurality of e-mail addresses described above, it generates candidates for the second character string corresponding to each of them. When none of the email addresses described above is specified, the input-receiving application 113 does not generate the second character string.

When input-receiving application 113 generates one or more second character strings, second obtaining unit 1112 obtains the second character strings. That is, the second acquisition unit 1112 is an example of a second acquisition unit that acquires the second character string generated by the application according to the first character string. When the application to be input 113 generates one or more second character string candidates, the second acquisition unit 1112 shown in FIG. 2 acquires these candidates and supplies them to the display control unit 1113 .

When the second character string candidate is supplied from the second acquisition unit 1112 , the display control unit 1113 does not cause the display unit 15 to display the first character string candidate supplied from the first acquisition unit 1111 . Display the candidates for two strings. The display control unit 1113 is an example of a display control unit that controls the display unit so as to cause the display unit to display the second character string candidates acquired by the second acquisition unit and not to display the first character string candidates. .

On the other hand, if the second character string candidate is not supplied from the second acquisition unit 1112, the display control unit 1113 may cause the display unit 15 to display the first character string candidate supplied from the first acquisition unit 1111. .

The display control unit 1113 shown in FIG. 2 receives the above-described signal from the input-receiving application 113 when the input-receiving application 113 is activated. When this signal is received and the second character string candidate is supplied from the second acquisition unit 1112, the display control unit 1113 causes the display unit 15 to display the first character string candidate. Display candidates for the second character string. That is, the display control unit 1113 is an example of a display control unit that displays the second character string candidate without displaying the first character string candidate on the display unit when a predetermined signal is received from the application. be.

<Operation of Information Processing Device>
When the user operates the operation unit 14 of the information processing device 1 to start the information processing device 1, the control unit 11 reads the operating system from the ROM or the storage unit 12 and executes it. Then, the control unit 11 reads and executes the input application 111 and the conversion module 112 from the storage unit 12, for example, based on instructions from the operating system.

The input application 111 displays, for example, the touch keyboard shown in FIG. 4, and accepts user's operations on each area that constitutes the touch keyboard. Also, the conversion module 112 starts exchanging information with the input application 111 .

When the user operates the operation unit 14 to give an instruction to activate the input-receiving application 113, the control unit 11 reads out the input-receiving application 113 from the storage unit 12 and executes it. The input-receiving application 113 transmits the above-described signal to the input application 111 when activated, and constructs a unique display area on the display unit 15 . An area A<b>1 shown in FIG. 4 is an example of a display area specific to the input-receiving application 113 . The touch keyboard displayed by the input application 111 is superimposed on the unique display area of the input receiving application 113 .

Note that the touch keyboard described above does not have to be displayed during a period in which there is no input event. In this case, the touch keyboard may be displayed by the input application 111 when requested by the input receiver application 113 .

For example, when an input-receiving application 113 detects an operation by a mouse or a finger on an object that accepts input such as a text form, the input-receiving application 113 generates a so-called focus-in event for that object. Let Then, the input-receiving application 113 notifies the input application 111 of, for example, the identification information of the object described above and the generated focus-in event. Then, upon receiving this notification, the input application 111 may cause the display unit 15 to display the hidden touch keyboard.

When the user operates the operation unit 14 and presses, for example, a key indicating a non-control character among the keys forming the touch keyboard displayed on the display unit 15, the input application 111 accepts this operation, Operation information indicating this operation is supplied to the conversion module 112 . Then, the input application 111 acquires first character string candidates according to the above-described operation from the conversion module 112 .

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of first character string candidates for one character operation. For example, the input application 111 holds settings for accepting Japanese romaji input. When the user sequentially touches “f” and “u” on the touch keyboard, this operation is received by the reception unit 1110 of the input application 111 and supplied to the conversion module 112 .

The conversion module 112 generates the phonetic character "fu" from the manipulations described above based on the processing of the Japanese romaji input. That is, one hiragana character "fu" is generated from two key inputs "f" and "u". Then, the conversion module 112 generates candidates for the first character string corresponding to this "fu" by predictive conversion or kana-kanji conversion.

The first acquisition unit 1111 acquires first character string candidates from the conversion module 112 and identifies one first character string from among the acquired candidates. The display control unit 1113 receives the first character string candidates and one first character string specified from these candidates, and generates an image of the area A3 shown in FIG. In this area A3, "fu", "fu", "fu", "file", "non", "fu", "ho", "negative", "attached", "fan", etc. are the first character strings. , and "F" is identified.

The first acquisition unit 1111 supplies the identified one first character string to the input receiver application 113 . Input-receiving application 113 generates candidates for the second character string according to the supplied first character string. As shown in FIG. 5, when "fu" is specified as the first character string, the input-receiving application 113 extracts those containing "fu" from the name column and the pronunciation column of the table shown in FIG. do. Then, the input-receiving application 113 identifies the email address associated with the extracted name or phonetic syllabary, and generates second character string candidates including the identified email address.

The second acquisition unit 1112 acquires candidates for the second character string generated by the input target application 113 and supplies the candidates to the display control unit 1113 .

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of second character string candidates corresponding to the first character string shown in FIG. When the candidates for the second character string are supplied from the second acquisition unit 1112, the display control unit 1113 horizontally arranges the candidates for the second character string to generate the image of the area A4 shown in FIG. do. Then, the display control unit 1113 controls the display unit 15 so that the area A4 is displayed on the display unit 15 and the area A3 shown in FIG. 5 is not displayed.

When area A4 is displayed, accepting unit 1110 accepts selection of each candidate for the second character string included in area A4. Also, when the area A4 is displayed, the area A3 is not displayed. Therefore, accepting unit 1110 no longer accepts selection of each candidate for the first character string from the user via the image of area A3.

In the name column and the reading kana column of the table shown in FIG. 3, all of the numbers from number "1" to number "10" (that is, 10 sets) include "fu". Therefore, the input application 111 has to display these 10 pairs in the area A4 when trying to display candidates for the second character string. However, since the size of the area A4 is limited, the display unit 15 cannot display all ten pairs at once. Therefore, the input application 111 causes the display unit 15 to display the area A4 in five stages from (a) to (e) in FIG. 6, for example.

Subsequently, when the user sequentially touches "j" and "i" on the touch keyboard, this operation is also accepted by the reception unit 1110 of the input application 111, and operation information indicating this operation is sent to the conversion module 112. supplied.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of first character string candidates for operations of two characters. As described above, when the user sequentially touches “f” and “u” followed by “j” and “i”, the conversion module 112 converts the phonetic character “fuji” from the above-described series of operations. Generate. That is, two hiragana characters "Fuji" are generated from four key inputs "f", "u", "j", and "i". Then, the conversion module 112 generates candidates for the first character string corresponding to this "fuji" by predictive conversion or kana-kanji conversion.

The first acquisition unit 1111 newly acquires candidates for the above-described first character string from the conversion module 112, and specifies one first character string from among the acquired candidates. The display control unit 1113 receives the first character string candidates and one first character string specified from these candidates, and generates an image of the area A3 shown in FIG.

At this time, candidates for the first character string are, as shown in area A3 shown in FIG. ”, “Fujita”, etc. In this area A3, "Fuji" is specified from among these candidates.

Then, when "Fuji" is specified as the first character string, the input-receiving application 113 extracts the names containing "Fuji" from the name column and the reading kana column of the table shown in FIG. Then, the input-receiving application 113 identifies the email address associated with the extracted name or phonetic syllabary, and generates second character string candidates including the identified email address.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of second character string candidates corresponding to the first character string shown in FIG. In the name column and the reading kana column of the table shown in FIG. At this time, the number of candidates for the second character string has been reduced from 10 to 5, but the display unit 15 cannot display all of the 5 sets at once due to the limitation of the size of the area A4. Therefore, the input application 111 causes the display unit 15 to display the area A4 in two parts, for example, (a) and (b) of FIG. 8 .

When the candidates for the second character string are displayed in the area A4 shown in FIG. 8, the area A3 shown in FIG. 7 is not displayed. Therefore, accepting unit 1110 does not accept the selection of the candidate for the first character string via the image of area A3. However, the touch keyboard is assigned an operation for changing the first character string being selected from the candidates for the first character string. For example, when the "Convert" key is pressed, the specified first character string moves rightward along the line of candidates for the first character string in the non-displayed area A3. Further, for example, when the "convert" key is pressed while pressing the shift key, the specified first character string moves leftward in the area A3.

When the image of the area A3 shown in FIG. 7 is generated and not displayed, the user presses the "convert" key four times, for example. Receiving unit 1110 receives this key operation and changes one first character string selected from first character string candidates. As a result, the control unit 11 of the information processing device 1 newly specifies "wisteria" among the candidates for the first character string shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of second character string candidates when the specified first character string is changed. When "fuji" is newly specified as one first character string, the input-receiving application 113 extracts the names containing "fuji" from the name column and the reading kana column of the table shown in FIG.

In the name column and the reading kana column of the table shown in FIG. Therefore, the display control unit 1113 controls the display unit 15 to display these two sets of candidates for the second character string, and the display unit 15 displays the area A4 shown in FIG. At this time, the area A3 shown in FIG. 7 is not displayed on the display section 15 either.

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention, the input-receiving application 113 generates the second character string corresponding to the first character string, and the display unit 15 displays candidates for the second character string. When the first character string is displayed, the candidate for the first character string is not displayed. Therefore, the display of the candidate for the first character string does not interfere with the operation for the candidate for the second character string.

<Modification>
The above is the description of the embodiment, but the content of this embodiment can be modified as follows. Also, the following modifications may be combined.

<1>
In the above-described embodiment, the display control unit 1113 receives the above-described signal from the input-receiving application 113 when the input-receiving application 113 is activated or the like. Further, the display control unit 1113 may control the display unit 15 so as not to display the first character string candidate when the second character string candidate is displayed regardless of whether or not the signal is received. . That is, the display control unit 1113 may be any display control unit that controls the display unit so as not to display the first character string candidate when the display unit displays the second character string candidate.

<2>
In the above-described embodiment, the display control unit 1113 causes the supplied first character string candidate to be displayed when the second character string candidate is not supplied from the second acquisition unit 1112 . However, the candidates for the first character string may be displayed by the conversion module 112, other applications that cooperate with the conversion module 112, or the like. Other applications that cooperate with the conversion module 112 include, for example, so-called renderers. This renderer obtains candidates for the first character string from the conversion module 112, displays them, and accepts selection operations for these candidates. In this case, the display control unit 1113 may instruct the conversion module 112, the renderer, etc. to display the first character string candidates when the second character string candidates are not supplied from the second acquisition unit 1112 . In this case, the first acquisition unit 1111 does not need to supply the first character string candidates acquired from the conversion module 112 to the display control unit 1113 .

<3>
In the above-described embodiment, the display control unit 1113 causes the second character string candidates to be displayed when the second character string candidates are obtained from the second acquisition unit 1112 . However, the candidate for the second character string may be displayed by the input receiver application 113 . In this case, the display control unit 1113 controls the display unit 15 so as not to display the first character string candidates when receiving the notification that the second character string candidates are to be displayed from the input receiving application 113 . Just do it.

<4>
In the above-described embodiment, even if the reception unit 1110 receives an operation to change the first character string being selected from the first character string candidates, the display control unit 1113 was not displayed on the display unit 15. However, when this operation is accepted, the display control unit 1113 may display candidates for the first character string.

For example, when the user performs a “series of operations” in which the user presses the “convert” key while pressing or not pressing the shift key, the receiving unit 1110 receives these operations. Then, when receiving unit 1110 receives these operations, display control unit 1113 displays area A3 indicating the first character string candidate without displaying area A4 indicating the second character string candidate. good too. That is, the display control unit 1113 is an example of a display control unit that displays the first character string candidate without displaying the second character string candidate on the display unit when a predetermined operation is received.

In this case, the display control unit 1113 hides the image of the area A3 indicating the candidate for the first character string when the above-described “series of operations” is completed, and displays the image corresponding to the newly identified first character string. The second character string candidate generated by the application to be input 113 is displayed on the display unit 15 . For example, it may be determined that the "series of operations" described above has ended when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the last "convert" key was pressed. Further, the control unit 11 of the information processing device 1 may determine that the "series of operations" has ended when the "confirm" key is finally pressed.

<5>
Upon receiving an operation for switching display of candidates displayed on the display unit 15 , the receiving unit 1110 may supply operation information indicating this operation to the display control unit 1113 . When the display control unit 1113 acquires the operation information indicating the operation for switching the display of the candidates from the reception unit 1110, the display control unit 1113 may instruct the display unit 15 to switch the display of the candidates accordingly. Accordingly, when receiving the above-described operation while the first character string candidate is being displayed, the information processing apparatus 1 displays the second character string candidate.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation for switching display of candidates. When the display screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 15, when the user touches the portion showing the area A4 with a finger or the like and moves the finger upward to the position P, the touch panel of the operation unit 14 The destination position P indicated by the user's finger is detected and notified to the control unit 11 . Based on the notified position P, the control unit 11 moves the position where the area A4 is drawn. As a result, as shown in FIG. 10, the area A4 moves along with the movement of the fingertip, and the area A3 is displayed at the position where the area A4 was displayed. That is, the display control unit 1113 realized by the control unit 11 causes the display unit to display the second character string candidate when an operation for switching the display of the second character string candidate is received while the display unit is displaying the candidate. It functions as a display control unit that displays candidates for the first character string.

Further, when the above-described operation is received while the candidates for the first character string are being displayed, the information processing apparatus 1 displays the candidates for the second character string. For example, when the user's finger touches the position where the area A3 is displayed and the finger slides on the display screen of the display unit 15, the display control unit 1113 receives operation information indicating this operation. Acquired from the unit 1110 to move the position where the area A3 is drawn. As a result, the area A4 is displayed at the position where the area A3 was displayed before the movement. In this case, when an operation for switching the display of the candidate for the first character string is received while the candidate for the first character string is being displayed on the display unit, the display control unit 1113 causes the candidate for the second character string to be displayed on the display unit. It functions as a display control unit that displays .

<6>
The program executed by the control unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 is stored in a computer-readable record such as a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic tape or a magnetic disk, an optical recording medium such as an optical disc, a magneto-optical recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. It may be provided stored on a medium. Also, this program may be downloaded via a communication line such as the Internet. It should be noted that various devices, processors, etc. are applied in addition to the CPU as the control means exemplified by the control unit 11 described above.

Here, the processor refers to a processor in a broad sense, and includes a general-purpose processor (for example, the CPU described above) and a dedicated processor (for example, GPU: Graphics Processing Unit, ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit, FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array, programmable logic devices, etc.).

The operations of the processors in each of the above embodiments may be performed not only by one processor but also by the cooperation of a plurality of physically separated processors. Also, the order of each operation of the processor is not limited to the order described in each of the above embodiments, and may be changed as appropriate. That is, the information processing device 1 described above can be expressed as follows.

comprising one or more processors, wherein the processor acquires a first character string generated by a module according to the accepted operation, acquires a second character string generated by the application according to the first character string, An information processing apparatus, comprising: controlling the display unit not to display candidates for the first character string when the display unit displays the candidates for the second character string.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information processing apparatus 11 control unit 111 input application 1110 reception unit 1111 first acquisition unit 1112 second acquisition unit 1113 display control unit 1114 input unit 112 conversion module , 113... input application, 12... storage unit, 13... communication unit, 14... operation unit, 15... display unit, 2... communication line.

Claims (3)

a first acquisition unit that acquires first character string candidates generated by the module according to the accepted operation;
a second acquisition unit that acquires a second character string candidate generated by an application according to one of the first character strings specified from the candidates ;
a display control unit that controls the display unit not to display the first character string candidate when the display unit displays the second character string candidate;
has
The display control unit causes the candidate for the second character string to be displayed when a switching operation for switching the display is received while the candidate for the second character string is being displayed by the display unit. an information processing device that causes the display unit to display candidates for the first character string . When an operation of moving an area for displaying candidates for the second character string is received as the switching operation , the display control unit moves the area and displays the second character string. Display the candidate of the first character string at the position where the candidate was displayed
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by: a computer having a display,
a first acquisition unit that acquires first character string candidates generated by the module according to the accepted operation;
a second acquisition unit that acquires a second character string candidate generated by an application according to one of the first character strings specified from the candidates ;
a display control unit that controls the display unit not to display the first character string candidate when the display unit displays the second character string candidate;
function as
When a switching operation for switching display is received while the display unit is displaying the second character string candidates, the display control unit displays the first character string candidates on the display unit. A program for causing the computer to function so as to display

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