JPH09167058A - Information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of improving operability is provided. A control device 12 of an information processing device measures a coordinate input by a pen in a pen input / display device 11, and a pen coordinate measurement processing unit 19 and a screen of a display device in the pen input / display device 11. Based on the time measured by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 13 and the above elapsed time measurement processing unit 13,
When it is determined whether or not the pen is fixed, and when it is determined that the pen is not fixed, the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 for recognizing the movement direction of the pen and the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 detect the pen movement. When it is determined that it is fixed, call the menu item prepared in advance,
The menu call processing unit 14 that displays this menu item at the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 19
And

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus used in, for example, an electronic notebook, a personal computer, a workstation, an office processor, a large computer, and more particularly, an information processing apparatus for inputting image information with an input pen. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an information processing apparatus that controls a display screen of a display device by bringing a pointing device such as a pen or a mouse into contact with the display screen, it is generally necessary to select a menu. A method is used in which an object for calling a menu is prepared and the contents of the menu are displayed by touching this object with a pen or the like.

When displaying the contents of the menu in this way, a list of menu items (menu bar) is horizontally displayed on the upper stage of the display screen of the display device, and a pen is touched to an appropriate item from the list. Or the menu is selected by operating the cursor with the mouse.

However, when the above method is used, when the number of hierarchical menus increases, pull-down menus and the like are distributed and displayed over a wide area, so that a neat display screen does not appear, and operation is uncomfortable. Have a point. Furthermore, when displaying a menu by the above method, it is necessary to search for an appropriate item from the menus that are distributed and displayed over a wide area, and directly instruct the item.
There is a problem in that operability is poor because it takes time and effort to find a desired menu item, and the amount of movement of a pen or the like becomes large.

To solve this problem, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-204577 discloses a method of performing a switching display of pre-hierarchized menu items by clicking a mouse or the like. In the above publication, by displaying a menu bar on the display screen and clicking with a mouse or the like, the submenu is displayed substantially adjacent to the list of previously displayed menu items. This prevents the menus from being distributed and displayed over a wide area, and improves the operability.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-108018, menu items are displayed as icons, the size of the icon is determined according to the frequency of selection, and the size of the icon is increased as the frequency of selection increases. There is disclosed an icon display device that makes it easy to search for a desired item from a displayed menu.

[0007]

However, when the menu display method disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-204577 is used, the menus are distributed and displayed over a wide area on the display screen. You can prevent it,
The distributed menus still occupy a large proportion of the display screen. Further, in order to designate an appropriate item, it is necessary to move the mouse or the like every time a menu or submenu is displayed. Therefore, it cannot be said that the operability is sufficiently improved in terms of the ratio of the menu on the display screen, the ease of searching for the menu, the movement amount of the mouse, and the like.

Further, although the icon display device disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 5-108018 described above makes it easy to find a desired item by changing the size of the icon according to the selection frequency of each icon, The icons are still displayed in a distributed manner, and there is a problem in that the amount of movement of the mouse, pen, etc. during menu selection is large.

Further, in the conventional information processing apparatus, not only the menu selection as described above but also the movement amount of the mouse or the pen is large when moving the input item with the spreadsheet software or the like. This is a factor that reduces operability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of improving operability.

[0011]

An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an input pen for inputting information such as coordinates, a display device for displaying image information based on the input of the input pen, and the input pen are provided. In the information processing device including a control device that controls the display of the display device based on the input signal of, the control device includes a pen coordinate measuring unit that measures coordinates input by the input pen, and the input pen. Based on the elapsed time measuring means for measuring the time during which the input device continues to be in contact with the screen, and based on the time measured by the elapsed time measuring means, it is determined whether or not the input pen is fixed, and When it is determined that the input pen is not fixed, the pen movement recognition unit that recognizes the movement direction of the input pen and the pen movement recognition unit determine that the input pen is fixed. Calls the menu items prepared in advance, this menu item is characterized in that it comprises a menu call means for displaying the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measuring means.

From the above, the information processing apparatus described above does not require a special device for the input pen, and does not provide a specific object on the screen. The menu item can be displayed automatically by a simple operation. Further, in the above information processing apparatus, since only one menu item is displayed on the screen, the menu is not distributed and displayed on the screen, and the ratio of the menu to the screen can be reduced. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can improve operability.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
In the information processing apparatus described above, the control device, based on the recognition information of the input pen from the pen movement recognition means,
It further comprises menu display switching means for switching the display of the menu item called by the menu calling means at regular time intervals, and menu item confirming means for confirming the menu item when the input pen is released from the screen. Is characterized by.

Thus, the information processing apparatus described above can display only one menu item on the screen even if there are many menu items. Therefore, the ratio of the menu to the screen can be reduced, which is neat. The display can be realized. Furthermore, by keeping the input pen fixed on the screen, the menu items are automatically switched at fixed time intervals, which is desirable compared to the case where the menu is displayed in a distributed manner over a wide range. It is easy to find a menu item, and the amount of movement of the input pen required to select a menu item can be reduced.
In addition, the display order of the menu items can be switched based on the moving direction of the input pen by slightly moving the input pen. For example, even if the user wants to check the previously displayed menu item again, You don't have to wait for a round. Further, when deciding the menu to be used, the menu can be easily decided by simply moving the input pen away from the screen. From these things, the information processing apparatus can further improve the operability.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 2.
In the information processing apparatus described above, the control device sets a main menu, which is a menu item called by the menu calling means, and a submenu at regular intervals based on the moving direction of the input pen recognized by the pen movement recognition means. It is characterized by further comprising a main menu / submenu switching means for switching to.

As a result, the information processing apparatus can easily switch between the main menu and the sub menu by slightly moving the input pen. Even if there is a submenu, only one menu item is displayed on the screen, and a neat screen can be realized. Also, by keeping the input pen fixed on the screen, the menu items are automatically switched at regular intervals, making it easy to find the desired menu item even when there are many submenus, and to select the menu item. It is possible to reduce the amount of movement of the input pen required for this. Also in this case, when deciding the menu to be used, the menu can be confirmed easily by simply moving the input pen away from the screen. From these things, the information processing apparatus can further improve the operability.

An information processing apparatus according to a fourth aspect includes an input pen for inputting information such as coordinates and a display device for displaying image information based on the input of the input pen, and the information is displayed on the display device. Image information recognition means for recognizing image information, cursor movement means for moving a cursor displayed on the screen of the display device, and item movement for moving an input item which is image information displayed on the display device. Means, character deletion means for deleting characters in the input item based on the cursor position on the screen, and character retraction means for moving characters in the input item backward based on the cursor position on the screen. And a control device for controlling the display of the display device based on an input signal from the input pen and for controlling each of the means.

As a result, the information processing apparatus can use the input pen to perform integrated processing of inputting characters as image information, moving backward, deleting, moving input items, and the like. Further, in the information processing apparatus, the amount of movement of the input pen required for performing each of the above processes is small, and even when performing different processes in succession, the process is performed on the same screen using the input pen. Therefore, the movement amount of the input pen can be small and each process can be smoothly performed. From these things, the information processing apparatus can improve the operability.

An information processing apparatus according to claim 5 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 4.
In the information processing apparatus described above, the control device, a pen coordinate measuring means for measuring the coordinates input by the input pen,
Based on the elapsed time measuring means for measuring the time during which the input pen is kept in contact with the screen of the display device, and based on the time measured by the elapsed time measuring means, it is determined whether or not the input pen is fixed. At the same time, when it is determined that the input item is not fixed, the input item is moved based on the pen movement recognizing unit that recognizes the moving direction of the input pen and the moving direction of the input pen recognized by the pen movement recognizing unit. It is characterized by further comprising a pen operation item moving means.

As a result, in the above-mentioned information processing apparatus, it is not necessary to bring the cursor key into contact with a pen, a mouse or the like as in the conventional case. This eliminates the need for cursor keys and allows you to move menu items based on the direction of movement by simply moving the input pen.
The amount of movement of the input pen required to move the menu item can be further reduced, and the input of characters as image information and the movement of the input item can be further smoothly and continuously performed. From these things, the information processing apparatus can further improve the operability.

An information processing apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the invention is based on an input pen for inputting information such as coordinates, a display device for displaying image information based on an input of the input pen, and an input signal from the input pen. In the information processing device including a control device that controls the display of the display device, whether the control device measures the coordinates input by the input pen, and whether the input pen is in contact with the screen. It is determined by the pen touch recognition unit that determines whether the input pen is not in contact with the screen by the pen touch recognition unit that sets a function to be added to the input pen as a pen menu and the pen touch recognition unit. At the same time, a diagram corresponding to a preset pen menu is displayed at the coordinate position calculated from the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measuring means, and the predetermined position of this diagram is displayed. Range is characterized by comprising when contacted by the input pen, the pen menu display processing means for executing a menu corresponding to the region.

Therefore, the information processing apparatus uses the pen menu expanding means to set, for example, the display format to be displayed on the screen, the number of functions and function contents to be given to the input pen, the bitmap and the selection color. Then, by using the input pen, the pen coordinate measuring unit, the pen menu display processing unit, and the pen touch recognition unit execute the function set by the pen menu expanding unit, The input pen can have multiple functions without providing a special device such as a button. That is, the function of the input pen can be expanded.

Also, a diagram corresponding to the above pen menu is
By displaying at a coordinate position calculated from the coordinates of the input pen measured by the coordinate measuring means, a diagram corresponding to the pen menu can be displayed near the coordinates of the input pen. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the movement amount of the input pen when the menu corresponding to the predetermined area touched by the input pen is executed. From the above, the information processing device can improve operability as compared with the conventional information processing device.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[Embodiment 1] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
The following is a description with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has a pen input / display device 11, a control device 12 for controlling the pen input / display device 11, and the pen input / display device 11 described above. And a storage unit (not shown) for storing menu items processed by the controller 12.

The pen input / display device 11 is, for example,
As shown in FIG. 2, a pen (input pen) 1 for inputting information such as coordinates and a display device 2 for displaying image information such as menu items at the coordinates designated by the pen 1 are provided. That is, the control device 12 controls the display of the display device 2 based on the input signal from the pen 1.
As a result, the pen input / display device 11 moves the pen tip 1
By contacting a with the display screen 2a of the display device 2, that is, pen down, and fixing the coordinates of the pen tip 1a for a certain period of time, the menu item is displayed at these coordinates.

The control device 12 is, as shown in FIG.
An elapsed time measurement processing unit 13 as an elapsed time measuring means,
A menu call processing unit 14 as a menu call means,
A menu display switching processing unit 15 as a menu display switching unit, a main menu / submenu switching processing unit 16 as a main menu / submenu switching unit, a menu confirmation processing unit 17 as a menu determination unit, and a pen movement recognition unit. And a pen coordinate measurement processing unit 19 as a pen coordinate measuring unit.

Among these, the above-mentioned pen coordinate measurement processing unit 19
Is designed to measure coordinates to be input by the pen tip portion 1a coming into contact with the display screen 2a.

The elapsed time measurement processing section 13 includes a pen tip section 1.
The time that has passed since a touched the display screen 2a, that is,
The time during which the pen tip 1a continues to contact the display screen 2a is measured.

The pen movement recognition processing unit 18 determines whether the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 19 have changed, based on the time measured by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 13. As a result, it is determined whether or not the pen 1 has moved (whether or not it has been fixed) since the pen 1 came into contact with the display screen 2a, and if so, in which direction it has moved. There is.

The menu calling processor 14 calls a menu item prepared in advance on the display screen 2a when it is determined that the pen 1 is fixed on the display screen 2a for a predetermined time. ing. For example, when the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 determines that the coordinates of the pen tip 1a are fixed at the same coordinates for a predetermined time, the first item of the menu is called on the display screen 2a at this coordinate. Display it.

The menu display switching processing section 15 switches the display of the menu item called by the menu calling processing section 14 based on the recognition information of the pen 1 from the pen movement recognition processing section 18. For example, the elapsed time measurement processing unit 13 and the pen movement recognition processing unit 1
If it is determined by 8 that the coordinates of the pen tip 1a are fixed at the same coordinates for a predetermined time, while the pen tip 1a remains at the same coordinates, the contents of the menu item displayed at the coordinates are not changed. Switching is performed in a predetermined order at regular intervals measured by the time measurement processing unit 13. Also, the order in which the menu items are displayed is changed based on the direction in which the pen 1 has moved, and the same processing is performed.

The main menu / submenu switching processing unit 16 is based on the moving direction of the pen 1 recognized by the pen movement recognition processing unit 18, and the menu call processing unit 1
The menu item called by 4 is switched between a main menu and a sub menu. For example, when the main menu is displayed,
When it is determined by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 13 and the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 that the coordinates of the pen tip 1a have moved in the display direction of the sub menu (for example, the left direction on the display screen 2a), the main menu is displayed. Switch to the submenu display and display the first item in the submenu. Further, for example, when the sub menu is displayed, the elapsed time measurement processing unit 13 and the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 cause the coordinates of the pen tip 1a to be displayed in the main menu display direction (for example, rightward direction on the display screen 2a). ), The submenu display is switched to the main menu display, and the first item of the main menu is displayed.

The menu decision processing section 17 decides the menu item displayed on the display screen 2a at the time of pen-up by releasing the contact of the pen 3, that is, by pen-up.

The menu call control in the controller 12 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5 using the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the pen tip 1a is brought into contact with the display screen 2a (S1), the elapsed time measurement processing unit 13 measures the time elapsed since the pen tip 1a came into contact with the display screen 2a. The pen movement recognition processing unit 18 determines whether or not the pen tip 1a is fixed at that coordinate for 2 seconds (S2). At this time, the pen tip 1a
If the coordinates of are fixed for 2 seconds, the menu call processing unit 14 calls the menu and displays the first item of the menu, for example, “delete” as shown in FIG. , And set in the order of the arrows shown in FIG. 5 (S3). On the other hand, if the pen tip 1a is not fixed at that coordinate for 2 seconds, the menu is not displayed (S
4).

At this time, as described above, in (S2), the elapsed time from the contact of the pen tip 1a with the display screen 2a is measured by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 13, but the pen 1 Since it is slippery, the coordinates of the pen tip 1a may change unintentionally. Therefore, if the coordinates of the pen tip 1a are not changed within a preset effective range for a certain period of time, the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 determines that the coordinates of the pen tip 1a are fixed. .

The control of this determination will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the pen tip 1 at the time of pen down
The coordinates of a and the effective range of the coordinates are acquired using a preset error value (S5). And the pen tip 1
If the coordinate of a is within the effective range for 2 seconds (S6), it is considered that the pen tip 1a is fixed (S7). Otherwise, it is considered that the pen tip 1a is not fixed (S6). S8). When the pen tip 1a is not fixed, that is, when coordinate data different from the initially stored coordinate data is input, the movement gradient is calculated from the difference between the current coordinate data and the coordinate data at the start. (S9). Then, from the obtained gradient, the pen tip 1 can be moved in any direction of up, down, left, and right.
It is determined whether a has moved (S10).

Next, the display control of the menu thus called will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 5, the pen 1 is fixed on the display screen 2a,
Alternatively, when the display screen 2a is moved downward, the menu items are switched. First, when the pen tip 1a is fixed on the display screen 2a for 2 seconds, a menu item "delete" is first displayed at the coordinate position of the pen tip 1a. Then, display the pen 1 on the display screen 2
By keeping it fixed to a, the menu display switching processing unit 15 allows the pen 1 to be in contact with the same coordinates.
The menu items can be switched from the first "Delete" to "Cut", "Copy", "Paste", "Search", and "Cancel" at intervals of 1 second. ing. The display of this menu item is a toggle, and "Delete" is displayed after "Cancel" is displayed.

Further, by moving the pen 1 in this state and detecting the moving direction by the pen movement recognition processing unit 18, the menu display switching processing unit 15 is displayed on the display screen 2a based on the moving direction. Thus, the menu items are displayed in reverse order, and the main menu / submenu switching processing unit 16 switches the display from the main menu to the submenu or from the submenu to the main menu.

To display the main menu in the reverse order of the above, for example, the pen 1 may be moved upward in the display screen 2a as shown in FIG. As a result, while the pen 1 is in contact with the same coordinates, the menu items from the first "Delete" to "Cancel", "Search", "Paste", "Copy" (copy) ) ”And“ Cut ”in that order.

When the main menus are displayed in descending order from this state, that is, the menu items are changed from the first "delete" to "cut", "copy",
When switching in the order of “paste”, “search”, and “stop”, the pen 1 may be moved downward in the display screen 2a again.

When there is a submenu, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, by moving the pen 1 to the left on the display screen 2a, "Delete" in the main menu is displayed.
To switch to the "1 data deletion" submenu.

After that, if the pen 1 is left fixed,
Display submenu items at 1 second intervals from the first "1 data deletion" to "1 day deletion", "weekly deletion",
Switch in the order of "Delete monthly" and "Back".

When switching the display from the sub menu to the main menu, for example, by moving the pen 1 in the original main menu display direction, that is, in the right direction on the display screen 2a, as shown in FIG. Switch the display from "Delete 1" in the sub menu to "Delete" in the main menu.

After that, if the pen 1 is left fixed,
Display the main menu item at 1-second intervals, and then first delete
From "Cut", "Copy", "Paste", "Search", and "Cancel" in this order.

In this way, after the menu display is switched, the menu confirmation processing section 1
The menu item is confirmed by 7.

Here, the control for switching the display of the menu items will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5, 7, and 8 using the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in (S3), from the state where the first menu item is displayed on the display screen 2a, the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 determines whether or not the pen 1 is in contact with the display screen 2a for one second. (S11). At this time, if the pen 1 has not been touched for 1 second, it is considered that the currently displayed menu item has been selected (S1).
2) The menu confirmation processing unit 17 confirms the menu. On the other hand, in (S11), if the pen 1 is in contact for 1 second, the pen 1 is in the opposite direction of the display order, for example,
It is investigated whether or not the display screen 2a has moved upward (S13). The reverse direction of the display order means that the pen 1 is in a certain direction, for example, the pen 1 is displayed on the display screen 2a.
When the order of displaying the menu items when the menu items are moved downward (in this case, the descending order shown in FIG. 5) is the normal order, the pen 1 is determined to display the menu items in the normal order. Indicates the direction opposite to the moving direction of.

Then, if it is determined in (S13) that the pen 1 has moved in the reverse direction of the display order, the display order is set to the current reverse direction (S14).

Then, it is investigated whether or not the currently displayed menu is the main menu (S15).

If the currently displayed menu is the main menu and the displayed menu item does not have a submenu (S17), the menu display switching processing unit 15 displays the next item of the main menu in the display order ( S20). If there is a submenu, it is investigated whether or not the pen 1 has moved to the display direction of the submenu, that is, to the left in FIG. 7 (S18). If the pen 1 has moved in the display direction of the submenu, the main menu / submenu switching processing unit 16 switches the display from the main menu to the submenu (S19), and if not, the menu display switching processing unit 15 The next item of the main menu is displayed according to the display order (S20).

On the other hand, when the currently displayed menu is not the main menu, that is, when the currently displayed menu is a submenu, the pen 1 is moved in the main menu display direction (rightward in FIG. 8). Then (S1
6) The main menu / submenu switching processing unit 16 switches the display from the submenu to the main menu (S21). Otherwise, the menu display switching processing unit 15 displays the next item of the submenu in the display order. (S20). In the above flowchart, whether the pen 1 is fixed or in which direction the pen 1 has moved up, down, left or right is determined by the process of the flowchart shown in FIG.

As described above, when the menu display switching control is performed, the movement direction of the pen 1 is recognized from the pen movement recognition processing unit 18 by operating the pen 1 in the pen input / display device 11, and the movement is performed. Based on the direction, the menu display switching processing unit 15, the main menu / submenu switching processing unit 16, and the menu confirmation processing unit 17 switch the display of menu items, switch between the main menu and the submenu, and switch the menu. It is supposed to be confirmed.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the control device 12 has the elapsed time measurement processing unit 1
3, the menu call processing unit 14, the pen movement recognition processing unit 18, and the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 19 are provided, so that the pen 1 does not have to be provided with a special device, and the display screen 2a
The menu item can be automatically displayed on the display screen 2a by a slight operation such that the pen 1 is fixed on the display screen 2a for a certain time without providing a specific object on the display screen 2a. Further, in the above information processing apparatus, since only one menu item is displayed on the display screen 2a, the menu is not distributed and displayed on the display screen 2a, and the ratio of the menu to the display screen 2a is reduced. You can Therefore, the information processing device can improve operability as compared with the conventional information processing device.

The control device 12 further includes the menu display switching processing unit 15 and the menu confirmation processing unit 17, so that the state of the pen 1, that is, the pen 1 is fixed on the display screen 2a. It is possible to switch the display of the menu item or confirm the menu depending on whether or not the movement is made.

That is, in the above information processing apparatus, since only one menu item is displayed on the display screen 2a, the ratio of the menu to the display screen 2a can be reduced even when there are many menu items. It is possible to realize a neat display. Further, by keeping the pen 1 fixed on the display screen 2a, the menu items are automatically switched at regular intervals, so compared with the case where the menus are distributed and displayed over a wide range. The desired menu item can be easily searched for, and the amount of movement of the pen 1 required to select the menu item can be reduced. In addition, the display order of the menu items can be switched based on the moving direction of the pen 1 by slightly moving it.
Even if you want to check the previously displayed menu item again, you do not have to wait for the menu item to cycle through. Furthermore, when deciding a menu, the menu can be easily decided by simply pen-up. From these things, the information processing apparatus can further improve the operability.

Further, since the control device 12 further includes the menu / submenu switching processing unit 16, the main menu and the submenu can be easily switched by only slightly moving the pen 1. . Also,
Even if there is a submenu, since only one menu item is displayed on the display screen 2a, a neat display can be realized. Also, by keeping the pen 1 fixed on the display screen 2a, the menu items are automatically switched at fixed time intervals. Therefore, even when there are many submenus, it is easy to find the desired menu item. It is possible to reduce the amount of movement of the pen 1 required for selecting. Also in this case, when the menu is decided, the menu can be easily decided by simply pen-up. From these things, the information processing apparatus can further improve the operability.

[Second Embodiment] Another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 14.
It is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 10, the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has a pen input / display device 21, a control device 22 for controlling the pen input / display device 21, and the pen input / display device 21. And storage means (not shown) for storing menu items processed by the control device 22.

The pen input / display device 21 is, for example,
As shown in FIG. 13, a pen (input pen) 3 for inputting information such as coordinates and a numeral recognition board 4 which is an input board dedicated to numerals used for spreadsheet software etc. are provided as a display device. ing. As a result, the pen input / display device 21 performs a predetermined process by bringing the pen tip 3a into contact with the display screen 4a of the number recognition board 4 and fixing the coordinates of the pen tip 3a for a certain period of time. ing.

As shown in FIG. 11, the display screen 4a of the numeral recognition board 4 is provided with a numeral recognition section 4b in the center thereof for inputting handwritten numerals, and surrounding the numeral recognition section 4b. And item move buttons 4c, 4d, 4e, 4f for moving the input item up, down, left and right, and character cursor move buttons 4g, 4h for moving the input cursor of the character (number) in the input item left and right. , Character back button 4 for backing up characters (numbers) in input items
i and a character delete button 4j for deleting a character (number) in the input item are provided. Then, the pen 3 is attached to each button provided around the number recognition unit 4b.
By touching, the coordinate information of the pen 3 is output to the control device 22.

As shown in FIG. 10, the control device 22 includes a numeral recognition processing section 23 as image information recognition means,
A cursor movement processing unit 24 as cursor movement means,
An item movement processing unit 25 as an item moving unit, a character deletion processing unit 26 as a character deleting unit, a character backward processing unit 27 as a character backward means, an elapsed time measurement processing unit 28 as an elapsed time measuring unit, A pen operation item movement processing unit 29 as a pen operation item movement unit, a pen movement recognition processing unit 30 as a pen movement recognition unit, and a pen coordinate measurement processing unit 31 as a pen coordinate measurement unit are provided.

Of these, the above-mentioned pen coordinate measurement processing unit 31
The pen tip 3a of the pen 3 contacts the display screen 4a to measure input coordinates.

The elapsed time measurement processing unit 28 includes the pen tip 3
The time that has passed since a touched the display screen 4a, that is,
The time during which the pen tip portion 3a keeps contacting the display screen 4a is measured.

The pen movement recognition processing section 30 is adapted to recognize the moving direction of the pen 3. That is, the pen movement recognition processing unit 30 determines whether the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 31 have changed, based on the time measured by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 28. As a result, whether or not the pen 3 has moved since it came into contact with the display screen 4a (whether it is fixed or not)
In addition to determining, the direction of movement, if any, is determined.

The numeral recognition processing section 23 is adapted to recognize numeral data (for example, handwritten numeral) as image information entered in the numeral recognition section 4b on the display screen 4a.

The cursor movement processing section 24 uses the character cursor movement button 4g.
By bringing the pen 3 into contact with 4h, the character cursor (cursor) displayed on the display screen 4a is moved. Accordingly, for example, by touching the pen 3 with the character cursor movement buttons 4g and 4h, the elapsed time measurement processing unit 2 can be used until the pen is up.
Every time the time measured by 8 reaches a certain time, the character cursor is moved in the direction (left and right) defined by the character cursor moving buttons 4g and 4h.

The item movement processing section 25 uses the numeral recognition board 4
The above item movement buttons 4c, 4d, 4e,
The input item is moved by bringing the pen 3 into contact with 4f. This allows, for example, the pen 3
By touching the item move buttons 4c, 4d, 4e, and 4f, each time the time measured by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 28 reaches a certain time until pen-up is performed.・ Move the input item in the direction (up, down, left and right) defined by 4e and 4f.

The character deletion processing unit 26 uses the numeral recognition board 4
By touching the pen 3 with the character deletion button 4j prepared therein, the character is deleted based on the position of the character cursor on the display screen 4a. As a result, for example, by touching the character delete button 4j with the pen 3, every time the time measured by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 28 reaches a certain time until the pen is up, the character cursor is immediately behind the character cursor. Delete the character located at.

The character retreat processing section 27 uses the numeral recognition board 4
When the pen 3 is brought into contact with the character backward button 4i prepared therein, the character is moved backward. Accordingly, for example, by touching the character 3 with the character backward button 4i, one of the character cursors is displayed every time the time measured by the elapsed time measurement processing unit 28 reaches a certain time until the pen is up. Move backward to the character in front.

The pen operation item movement processing unit 29 moves the input item based on the movement direction of the pen 3 recognized by the pen movement recognition processing unit 30.

Below, the pen input / display device 21 and
Processing for inputting data, editing data, and moving input items using the control device 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.

Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the case where the description is made in the item contents of (c, 2) in the numeral recognition unit 4b will be described as an example.

In this state, when the item moving button 4c is touched once with the pen 3 (after pen down, immediately pen up), the pen 3 is brought into contact with the item moving button 4c for a predetermined time. , Input items are
Move from (c, 2) to (c, 1). Similarly, (c,
When the item move button 4d is touched once with the pen 3 in the item contents described in 2), the input item is (c,
2) to (c, 3) and touch the item move button 4e once with the pen 3, the input item moves from (c, 2) to (b, 2) and the item move button 4f is pressed. 1 in 3
When touched twice, input items will change from (c, 2) to (d,
Move to 2).

Character cursor movement buttons 4g and 4h
When the pen 3 is brought into contact with, the character cursor in the item moves left and right. For example, if "123,456" is entered in the portion (cell) of (c, 2) and the character cursor is located between "," and "4", the character cursor movement button 4g By touching twice, the character cursor moves between “3” and “,”, and by touching the character cursor moving button 4h once, the character cursor moves between “4” and “5”. Move in between.

When the character cursor is located between "," and "4", touching the character back button 4i once with the pen 3 moves back one character, and the item content is "1".
23,456 "is changed to" 123456 ".

Similarly, when the character cursor is located between "," and "4", the character 3 is touched once with the pen 3 so that the character (number) immediately after the character cursor is 1 The characters are deleted, and the item contents are "123,45
6 ”is changed to“ 123, 56 ”.

As described above, by bringing the pen 3 into contact with the buttons provided on the periphery of the number recognition unit 4b, it is possible to easily move the input items and the character cursor, and delete / reverse characters. It can be carried out.

Next, the control in the case of moving the input item by bringing the pen 3 into contact with the numeral recognition unit 4b will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
This will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 13A, the pen 3
Is fixed to the numeral recognition unit 4b for a certain period of time, the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 31 causes the pen tip 3a to move.
The coordinates of the pen tip 3a when the display screen 4a is touched and the effective range of the coordinates are acquired using the preset error value (S31).

Then, the elapsed time measurement processing unit 28
By measuring the time after the pen 3 comes into contact with the numeral recognition unit 4b, it is determined whether or not the pen 3 is fixed at the same coordinates for a certain time (here, 2 seconds or more). If the coordinates of the pen tip 3a are within the effective range for 2 seconds (S3
2), the pen tip 3a is considered to be fixed (S33), and as shown in FIG.
b is switched from the handwriting mode to the input item moving mode. Here, the handwriting mode and the input item movement mode are
The colors and designs are different.

Then, in the input item moving mode, it is checked whether or not the pen 3 is away from the numeral recognition section 4b (S34).

At this time, if the pen 3 is not separated from the numeral recognition section 4b, the pen 3 recognized by the pen movement recognition processing section 30 by the pen operation item movement processing section 29, as shown in FIG. 13C. The input items are moved at a rate of one item per second in the moving direction of (S35).

On the other hand, when the pen 3 is away from the numeral recognition section 4b, the input item moving mode is switched to the handwriting mode (S36). In the above-mentioned flowchart, whether the pen 3 is fixed or in which direction the pen 3 has moved up, down, left, or right is determined by performing the same processing as the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 described in the first embodiment.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment, the control device 22 includes the numeral recognition processing unit 23,
By providing the cursor movement processing unit 24, the item movement processing unit 25, the character deletion processing unit 26, and the character retreat processing unit 27, the pen 3 can be used even when inputting numbers with spreadsheet software or the like. It is possible to perform data input and data editing such as number input, backward movement and deletion, and movement of input items in an integrated manner. Incidentally, conventionally, when performing data input and data editing with a spreadsheet software or the like, or movement of input items in this way, a number is input from the numeric keypad or a handwritten character is used to input the number. The backward movement, the deletion, the movement of the input item, and the like are performed by a means different from the case of inputting a number, such as operating a predetermined key provided on a keyboard or moving a cursor with a mouse or the like.

In the information processing apparatus, the pen 3 is brought into contact with each button provided in the peripheral portion of the numeral recognition processing section 23 to move the numeral backward or delete, move the input item, or the like. Therefore, the movement amount of the pen 3 required for performing the above processing can be reduced. In addition, even when different processes are performed in succession, for example, when deleting numbers while inputting numbers, the pen 3
Since it is possible to perform processing on the same display screen 4a by using, the movement amount of the pen 3 can be small and each processing can be performed smoothly. From these things, the information processing apparatus can improve the operability.

Further, since the control device 22 further includes an elapsed time measurement processing unit 28, a pen operation item movement processing unit 29, a pen movement recognition processing unit 30, and a pen coordinate measurement processing unit 31, for example, Also, when moving an input item using spreadsheet software or the like, there is no need to touch a cursor key with a pen, a mouse or the like as in the conventional case. As a result, the cursor key becomes unnecessary, and the menu item can be moved based on the moving direction of the pen 3 by slightly moving the pen 3. Furthermore, the above item move button 4c
-It is not necessary to touch 4d, 4e, 4f, etc. with the pen 3, and the pen 3 can be moved slightly on the spot. Therefore, the movement amount of the pen 3 required to move the menu item is further reduced. At the same time, it is possible to smoothly input numbers and move input items. From these things, the information processing apparatus can further improve the operability.

Incidentally, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-149464,
Although a method of scrolling the screen according to the movement of the pen is disclosed, in the above method, the display screen is moved by the movement amount of the pen, and the movement amount of the pen is large. On the other hand, in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, the menu item is moved along with the movement of the pen 3, but the movement amount of the pen 3 is small, and the pen 3 is fixed after the movement. , The input item can be automatically moved in the direction in which the pen 3 is moved until the pen is moved up. Therefore, although the object to be moved is different between the publication and the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, in terms of the amount of movement of the pen, the present application has a much smaller movement amount of the pen than the publication, and the operation is It is superior to sex.

In each of the above-described embodiments, control is performed when the pen contacts the display surface of the display device, that is, the menu is displayed by contacting the pen for a predetermined time, or a predetermined input item is displayed at a desired position. Although the control of moving the pen to the above has been described, in the following embodiment, an information processing apparatus that improves the operability by giving the pen a plurality of functions will be described.

[Third Embodiment] The following description will explain still another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 15 to 19.

The information processing apparatus according to this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a pen input / display device 41, a control device 42 for controlling the pen input / display device 41, a menu item processed by the pen input / display device 41 and the control device 42, and the like are stored. The storage means (not shown) is provided.

The pen input / display device 41 is, for example,
As shown in FIG. 16, a pen (input pen) (not shown) for inputting information such as coordinates, and coordinates specified by the pen,
The display device 5 displays image information such as menu items. As a result, the pen input / display device 41 performs various information processing by bringing the tip of the pen into contact with the display screen 5a of the display device 5.

The controller 42, as shown in FIG. 15, is a pen coordinate measurement processing section 43 as a pen coordinate measuring means.
A pen menu display processing unit 44 as a pen menu display processing unit, a pen menu expansion function unit 45 as a pen menu expansion unit, and a pen contact recognition processing unit 46 as a pen contact recognition unit.

Of these, the above-mentioned pen coordinate measurement processing unit 43
Is designed to measure coordinates to be input by the tip of the pen touching the display screen 5a.

When the pen touch recognition processing unit 46 determines that the pen is not in contact with the display screen 5a, the pen menu display processing unit 44 measures the pen measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 43. At the coordinate position calculated from the coordinates of the pen at the time of up, a specific drawing corresponding to a preset pen menu, such as the mouse 6 (see FIG. 16) or the pen menu, is displayed, and a predetermined area of this drawing is displayed. When touched by the pen, the menu corresponding to the area is executed.

The pen menu extension function unit 45 sets a function to be given to the pen, such as a display format setting, a function number setting, a function content setting, a bit map designation, and a selection color setting, as a pen menu. It is like this.

The pen contact recognition processing section 46 determines whether or not the pen is in contact with the display screen 5a based on the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing section 43.

Then, the control device 42 is configured to add a plurality of functions to the pen by the pen menu expansion function section 45. The setting contents of the functions of these pens are stored in a storage unit (not shown) in a file format described later.

That is, as the functions given to the pen, as shown in FIG. 18, there are items such as the display format, the number of functions, the function contents, the bit map, and the selection color. These item contents are displayed on the display screen 5 of the display device 5 as a pen menu.
It is determined by touching the pen on the desired menu of each setting function, which is displayed in a, and then further touching the setting area with the pen.

With the above display format, when the pen is separated from the display screen 5a of the display device 5, that is, when the pen is moved up, the pen cursor 7 is displayed as shown in FIG. , Which is an item for selecting whether to display a specific drawing, for example, the three-button mouse 6 or the pen menu, and FIG. 18 shows a state in which the mouse 6 is selected.

The above-mentioned number of functions is an item indicating the number of functions given to the pen. For example, when the mouse of three-button type as shown in FIG. 16 is selected in the item of the above display format, the function given to the pen. The number is three. Therefore, FIG. 18 shows a state in which 3 is selected as the number of functions.

The above-mentioned function contents are items showing the contents of the functions to be given to the pen. For example, when the number of functions is selected as 3 in the item of the above-mentioned number of functions, three contents of functions are shown respectively. .

The bitmap is an item for designating the file name of the file to be displayed. In FIG. 18, for example, the file name is c: \ windows \ b.
mp \ test. The state where bmp is input is shown.

The selected color is an item for setting a color that changes color when selected, and in FIG. 18, one of red, green and blue is selected.
It shows the state where blue is selected.

The menu items indicating the functions given to the above pen are stored in a storage device (not shown) in a file format as shown in FIG. 19 so as to correspond to the menu items shown in FIG. Is stored). That is, the display format is [Style], and Style = Mouse, and the number of functions is [Number of
Function] is Number = 3, and the function content is [Function] is Function1 =
..., Function2 = ..., Function
n3 = ..., Bitmap is [Bitmap], and Bitmap = '' c: \ windows \ bmp \ te
st. bmp '', select color as [Color] Col
It is stored in a file format of or = Blue.

Here, at the time of pen-up, the pen cursor 7 is displayed at the position on the display screen 5a where the pen has been in contact so far, and in the vicinity of this pen cursor 7, the setting of the number of functions of the pen and the display format, A function that is set in advance in the area shown in the figure by displaying a specific figure based on information such as the setting of function contents, bit map, and setting of selected color, and touching the specific area of the figure with a pen The control when executing the above will be described below based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, the pen contact recognition processing unit 46 investigates whether or not the pen is separated from the display screen 5a (whether or not the pen is up) (S41). If the pen is up at this time, the pen cursor 7 is displayed at the coordinates at the time of pen-up measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 43, and the vicinity of the pen cursor 7 (calculated from the coordinates of the pen immediately before the pen-up is calculated. It is investigated whether or not the corresponding specific drawing, that is, the drawing (the mouse 6 in FIG. 16) preset in the setting of the pen menu is displayed at the specified coordinate position (S42).

If the corresponding figure is not displayed, the pen menu display processing unit 44 displays the corresponding figure near the pen cursor 7 (S44).

When the corresponding drawing is displayed, the pen contact recognition processing unit 46 investigates whether or not the pen is in contact with the specific area provided with the function in the drawing (S43). If the pen is in contact with this area, the pen menu display processing unit 44 executes the corresponding function (S45).

The specific area to which the function of the corresponding figure is given is, for example, in the case where the corresponding figure is a mouse as shown in FIG. 16, the left side of the mouse 6 shown in FIG. Shows the clicked part, etc., and touches this part with the pen to determine the function (menu) that was set in advance.
Is designed to run.

That is, when a function such as reduction is added as the above-mentioned function, the pen is moved up at the character position to be reduced so that the pen cursor 7 is displayed at the coordinate and the character to be reduced is displayed. Instruct. Thereafter, the pen is brought into contact with the left click portion of the mouse 6 displayed in the vicinity of the pen cursor 7 to reduce the character designated by the pen cursor 7. As a result, the reduction function can be added to the pen without adding a special device such as a button having a reduction function. Note that the above-mentioned function is not limited to the reduction function, and the function content and the number of functions set by the pen menu extension function unit 45 can be added.

Further, as the pen touch recognition processing section 46, the pen movement recognition processing section shown in each of the above embodiments can be substituted.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus, the control device 42 includes the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 43, the pen menu display processing unit 44, the pen menu extension function unit 45, and the pen contact recognition processing unit 46. If the pen contact recognition processing unit 46 determines that the pen is up, the pen cursor 7 is displayed at the pen coordinates at the time of pen-up measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 43. Further, a specific drawing of the mouse 6 or the like is displayed near the pen cursor 7 by the pen menu display processing unit 44, and a pen is brought into contact with a predetermined area in the drawing, so that the pen menu extension function unit 45 can advance the drawing. The function (menu) corresponding to the set area can be executed.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus, the pen menu extension function unit 45 sets the display format to be displayed on the display screen 5a, the number of functions to be added to the pen and the function contents, the bitmap, the selected color, etc. And the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 43, the pen menu display processing unit 44, and the pen contact recognition processing unit 46 are used to execute the function set by the pen menu extension function unit 45. By doing so, the pen can have a plurality of functions without providing the pen with a special device such as a button. That is, the function of the pen can be expanded.
In the conventional information processing device, the function of the pen is only touch, and the pen does not have a plurality of functions such as a mouse.

By displaying a specific drawing corresponding to the pen menu, such as the mouse 6 or the like, at the coordinate position calculated from the pen-up coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measurement processing unit 43 at the time of pen-up. , A specific drawing corresponding to the pen menu can be displayed near the coordinates of the pen at the time of pen-up. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the movement amount of the pen when the above function is executed. From the above, the information processing device can improve operability as compared with the conventional information processing device.

[0119]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising:
As described above, the input pen for inputting information such as coordinates, the display device for displaying the image information based on the input of the input pen, and the display of the display device are controlled based on the input signal from the input pen. In the information processing apparatus including the control device, the control device measures a pen coordinate measuring unit that measures coordinates input by the input pen, and a time during which the input pen keeps contacting the screen of the display device. Based on the elapsed time measuring means and the time measured by the elapsed time measuring means, it is determined whether or not the input pen is fixed, and when it is determined that the input pen is not fixed,
Pen movement recognition means for recognizing the movement direction of the input pen,
When the pen movement recognition means determines that the input pen is fixed, a menu calling means for calling a menu item prepared in advance and displaying the menu item at the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measuring means. And a configuration including.

Therefore, the information processing apparatus described above does not require a special device for the input pen, and does not provide a specific object on the screen. A menu item can be automatically displayed by an operation. Further, in the above information processing apparatus, since only one menu item is displayed on the screen, the menu is not distributed and displayed on the screen, and the ratio of the menu to the screen can be reduced. Therefore, the information processing device
It is possible to improve the operability.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus according to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the configuration of claim 1, the control device, based on the recognition information of the input pen from the pen movement recognition means, A configuration further comprising menu display switching means for switching the display of the menu item called by the menu calling means at regular time intervals, and menu item confirming means for confirming the menu item when the input pen is released from the screen. Is.

Therefore, in addition to the effect of claim 1, even if there are many menu items, the information processing apparatus can display only one menu item on the screen, and therefore the ratio of the menu to the screen can be reduced. The number can be reduced, and a neat display can be realized. Furthermore, by keeping the input pen fixed on the screen, the menu items are automatically switched at fixed time intervals, which is desirable compared to the case where the menu is displayed in a distributed manner over a wide range. It is easy to find a menu item, and the amount of movement of the input pen required to select a menu item can be reduced. In addition, the display order of the menu items can be switched based on the moving direction of the input pen by slightly moving the input pen.
Even if you want to check the previously displayed menu item again, you do not have to wait for the menu item to cycle through. Further, when deciding a menu, the menu can be easily decided by simply moving the input pen away from the screen. From these things, the above-mentioned information processor has an effect that operability can be improved further.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus according to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the configuration of claim 2, the control device is based on the moving direction of the input pen recognized by the pen movement recognizing means. In addition, a main menu / submenu switching means for switching a main menu and a submenu, which are menu items called by the menu calling means, at regular intervals is further provided.

Therefore, in addition to the effect of the second aspect, the information processing apparatus can easily switch between the main menu and the sub menu by slightly moving the input pen. Even if there is a submenu, only one menu item is displayed on the screen, and a neat screen can be realized. Also, by keeping the input pen fixed on the screen, the menu items are automatically switched at regular intervals, making it easy to find the desired menu item even if there are many submenus.
In addition, it is possible to reduce the amount of movement of the input pen required to select the menu item. From these things, the above-mentioned information processor has an effect that operability can be improved further.

As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the invention of claim 4 is provided with the input pen for inputting information such as coordinates and the display device for displaying image information based on the input of the input pen, Image information recognition means for recognizing image information displayed on the display device, cursor moving means for moving a cursor displayed on the screen of the display device, and input that is image information displayed on the display device. Item moving means for moving items, character deletion means for deleting characters in the input item based on the cursor position on the screen, and character deletion means for deleting characters in the input item based on the cursor position on the screen A character retreating means for retreating, and a control device for controlling the display of the display device based on an input signal from the input pen and for controlling each of the means.

Therefore, the above-mentioned information processing apparatus can use the input pen to integrally perform various processes such as input of characters as image information, backward movement, deletion, and movement of input items. Further, in the information processing apparatus, the amount of movement of the input pen required for performing each of the above processes is small, and even when performing different processes in succession, the process is performed on the same screen using the input pen. Therefore, the movement amount of the input pen can be small and each process can be smoothly performed. From these things, the above-mentioned information processor has an effect that operability can be improved.

As described above, in the information processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the fourth aspect, the control device includes pen coordinate measuring means for measuring the coordinates input by the input pen. Based on the elapsed time measuring means for measuring the time during which the input pen is kept in contact with the screen of the display device, and based on the time measured by the elapsed time measuring means, it is determined whether or not the input pen is fixed. At the same time, when it is determined that the input item is not fixed, the input item is moved based on the pen movement recognizing unit that recognizes the moving direction of the input pen and the moving direction of the input pen recognized by the pen movement recognizing unit. The pen operation item moving means is further provided.

Therefore, in addition to the effect of the fourth aspect, it is not necessary to bring the cursor key into contact with a pen, a mouse or the like, unlike the conventional case, in the information processing apparatus. This eliminates the need for the cursor key and allows the menu item to be moved based on the direction of movement by simply moving the input pen. Therefore, the amount of movement of the input pen required to move the menu item. The number of characters can be further reduced, and the input of characters as image information and the movement of input items can be continued more smoothly. From these things, the above-mentioned information processor has an effect that operability can be improved further.

As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention includes an input pen for inputting information such as coordinates, and a display device for displaying image information based on the input of the input pen.
In an information processing device including a control device that controls display of the display device based on an input signal from the input pen, the control device includes coordinate measuring means for measuring coordinates input by the input pen, and By a pen contact recognition means for determining whether or not the input pen is in contact with the screen, a pen menu expansion means for setting a function to be given to the input pen as a pen menu, and the pen contact recognition means,
When it is determined that the input pen is not in contact with the screen, a diagram corresponding to a preset pen menu is displayed at the coordinate position calculated from the coordinates measured by the coordinate measuring unit, and When a predetermined area is touched by the input pen, a pen menu display processing means for executing a menu corresponding to the area is provided.

Therefore, the above information processing apparatus uses the pen menu expanding means to set, for example, the display format to be displayed on the screen, the number of functions to be given to the input pen and the function contents, the bit map and the selection color. And using the input pen, a pen coordinate measuring means, a pen menu display processing means,
By executing the function set by the pen menu expansion means by the pen touch recognition means, without providing a special device such as a button for the input pen,
The input pen can have multiple functions. That is,
The function of the input pen can be expanded.

Also, a diagram corresponding to the above pen menu is
By displaying at a coordinate position calculated from the coordinates of the input pen measured by the coordinate measuring means, a diagram corresponding to the pen menu can be displayed near the coordinates of the input pen. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the movement amount of the input pen when the menu corresponding to the predetermined area touched by the input pen is executed. From the above, the information processing device has an effect of improving operability as compared with the conventional information processing device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu display when a menu call process is performed in the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of a menu calling process in the above information processing device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a pen movement recognition process in the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu display when the pen is fixed to the display screen of the display device in the information processing apparatus or moved downward in the display screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu display when the pen is moved upward in the display screen.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu display when the main menu is switched to a submenu in the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu display when the submenu is switched to the main menu in the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of a menu display switching process in the information processing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

11 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration on a display screen of a display device in the information processing device shown in FIG.

12 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example on the display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of input item movement processing in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 10;

14 is a flowchart showing a flow of an input item moving process in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

16 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example at the time of pen-up on the display device of the information processing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart when the function set in the area is executed by bringing the pen into contact with a specific area of the drawing displayed at the time of pen-up in the information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

18 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a pen menu on the display device of the information processing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which the pen menu shown in FIG. 18 is stored in a file format.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pen (Input Pen) 2 Display Device 3 Pen (Input Pen) 4 Numerical Recognition Board (Display Device) 5 Display Device 6 Mouse (Figure Corresponding to Pen Menu) 11 Pen Input / Display Device (Input Pen, Display Device) 12 Control device 13 Elapsed time measurement processing section (elapsed time measurement means) 14 Menu call processing section (menu calling means) 15 Menu display switching processing section (menu display switching means) 16 Main menu / submenu switching processing section (main menu / sub) Menu switching means) 17 Menu confirmation processing section (menu confirmation means) 18 Pen movement recognition processing section (pen movement recognition means) 19 Pen coordinate measurement processing section (pen coordinate measurement means) 21 Pen input / display device (input pen, display device) ) 22 control device 23 number recognition processing unit (image information recognition means) 24 cursor movement processing unit (cursor) 25) Item movement processing unit (item moving means) 26 Character deletion processing unit (character deletion means) 27 Character backward processing unit (character backward means) 28 Elapsed time measurement processing unit (elapsed time measurement means) 29 Pen operation item Movement processing unit (pen operation item moving means) 30 Pen movement recognition processing unit (pen movement recognition means) 31 Pen coordinate measurement processing unit (pen coordinate measurement means) 41 Pen input / display device (input pen, display device) 42 Control device 43 Pen Coordinate Measurement Processing Unit (Pen Coordinate Measurement Means) 44 Pen Menu Display Processing Unit (Pen Menu Display Means) 45 Pen Menu Extended Function Unit (Pen Menu Extension Means) 46 Pen Touch Recognition Processing Unit (Pen Touch Recognition Means)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input pen for inputting information such as coordinates, and a display device for displaying image information based on input by the input pen,
In an information processing device including a control device that controls the display of the display device based on an input signal from the input pen, the control device includes a pen coordinate measuring unit that measures coordinates input by the input pen, Based on the elapsed time measuring means for measuring the time during which the input pen keeps contacting the screen of the display device, and based on the time measured by the elapsed time measuring means, it is determined whether or not the input pen is fixed. At the same time, when it is determined that the input pen is not fixed, a pen movement recognizing means for recognizing the moving direction of the input pen, and when the pen movement recognizing means determines that the input pen is fixed, it is prepared in advance. And a menu calling unit for calling the menu item and displaying the menu item at the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measuring unit. An information processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The menu display switching means for switching the display of the menu item called by the menu calling means at regular intervals based on the recognition information of the pen input from the pen movement recognition means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a menu item confirming unit that confirms a menu item when the input pen is released from the screen. 3. The control device switches between a main menu and a submenu, which are menu items called by the menu calling means, at regular intervals based on the moving direction of the input pen recognized by the pen movement recognition means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a main menu / submenu switching unit. 4. An image information recognition system, comprising: an input pen for inputting information such as coordinates; and a display device for displaying image information based on the input of the input pen, and recognizing the image information displayed on the display device. Means, a cursor moving means for moving a cursor displayed on the screen of the display device, an item moving means for moving an input item which is image information displayed on the display device, and a cursor position on the screen Based on the above, there is a character deleting means for deleting the character in the input item, and a character retracting means for retracting the character in the input item based on the cursor position on the screen. An information processing device, comprising: a control device for controlling the display of the display device based on the input signal of 1. 5. The pen coordinate measuring means for measuring coordinates input by the input pen, and the elapsed time measuring means for measuring the time during which the input pen is continuously in contact with the screen of the display device. Based on the time measured by the elapsed time measuring means, it is determined whether or not the input pen is fixed, and when it is determined that the input pen is not fixed, the pen movement recognition means for recognizing the moving direction of the input pen. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a pen operation item moving unit that moves the input item based on a moving direction of the input pen recognized by the pen movement recognizing unit. 6. An input pen for inputting information such as coordinates, and a display device for displaying image information based on input by the input pen,
In an information processing device including a control device that controls the display of the display device based on an input signal from the input pen, the control device includes a pen coordinate measuring unit that measures coordinates input by the input pen, A pen contact recognition unit that determines whether the input pen is in contact with the screen, a pen menu expansion unit that sets a function to be given to the input pen as a pen menu, and an input pen recognition unit that uses the pen contact recognition unit. When it is determined that the pen is not in contact with the screen, a diagram corresponding to a preset pen menu is displayed at the coordinate position calculated from the coordinates measured by the pen coordinate measuring means, and the predetermined position of this diagram is displayed. Pen menu display processing means for executing a menu corresponding to the area when the area is touched by the input pen. Information processing device.