JP5774364B2 - Page view switching device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a page view switching device for switching a page of still image data being displayed.

  When a user views still image data consisting of a plurality of pages such as an electronic book in the information processing apparatus, for example, the user clicks with a mouse or slides a finger or stylus pen on the touch panel to display The page was turned (switched). However, since such an operation has a different feeling from the page turning in an actual book, it is difficult for the user to intuitively grasp the amount of page turning. Therefore, there is a problem in that the page is excessively sent or returned, resulting in browsing stress.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a user can obtain a click feeling by touching a protrusion provided on a touch panel, and a page can be turned as the operation. However, the feeling of clicking is different from the page turning in an actual book. Therefore, even with this technology, it is difficult to intuitively grasp the amount of page turning by the user, and the browsing stress described above cannot be resolved.

JP 2002-169653 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a page view switching device capable of realizing page switching of still image data being displayed by an intuitive operation close to page turning in an actual book. Objective.

In order to achieve such an object, the page view switching device of the present invention includes a display unit that can display still image data, a protrusion that tilts in a direction operated by the user and returns to the original position when the operation is completed, A pressure detecting means for detecting a pressure applied to the protruding portion by an operation when the protruding portion is inclined, and a pressure detecting means for detecting a pressure drop due to the end of the operation when the protruding portion returns to the original position; and a pressure detecting means If the pressure drop is detected, possess a control means for performing control of switching the pages of the still image data being displayed on the display unit, a protrusion, the center of the largest face of the rectangular parallelepiped members display unit as orthogonal to the predetermined direction toward the ambient, characterized by Rukoto configured by a surface not up to the surface of the rectangular parallelepiped members are more disposed around the display unit have the same plane as the display portion .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize page switching of still image data being displayed by an intuitive operation that is close to page turning in an actual book.

It is a figure which shows an example of the front external appearance of the tablet terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the upper surface and side surface of the operation part which concern on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of page switching control (page feed) concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining an example of page change control (page return) concerning one embodiment of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments (embodiments) for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Below, although the example which applied the page view switching apparatus of this embodiment to the tablet terminal is demonstrated, it is not limited to this. The page view switching apparatus according to the present embodiment can be applied to an information processing apparatus and its peripheral devices in general regardless of a stationary type or a portable type. For example, the present invention can be applied to a PC (Personal Computer), a smartphone, a mobile phone, a game machine, an electronic book terminal, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the front appearance of the tablet terminal 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the tablet terminal 10 includes a display unit 11 and operation units 12 on the left and right sides thereof. In FIG. 1, as an example, two operation units 12 for a user to operate with the right hand and for operation with the left hand are provided. The operation unit 12 has a characteristic configuration in the present embodiment, and is a device for realizing an intuitive operation close to page turning in an actual book. Details thereof will be described later.

  In addition, the tablet terminal 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a control unit that performs control to switch pages of still image data displayed on the display unit 11 based on an operation received by the operation unit 12. The control means includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like for controlling the entire tablet terminal 10. The still image data displayed on the display unit 10 is electronic data (for example, electronic book data) composed of a plurality of pages. As page switching control realized by the control means, there are “page advance” for sending a page first and “page return” for returning a page to the front.

  When browsing the still image data displayed on the display unit 11, when the user wants to advance the displayed page first, the right hand (on the right hand operation unit 12 positioned on the right side of the display unit 11) For example, a thumb) is placed and the finger is moved so as to turn the page with an actual book (for example, the finger on the operation unit 12 is moved to the right). When this operation is accepted, the control means switches on the display unit 11 to display the previous page from the page displayed so far. Further, when browsing the still image data displayed on the display unit 11, when the user wants to return the page being displayed to the front, the left hand operation unit 12 positioned on the left side of the display unit 11 is left-handed. A finger (for example, a thumb) is placed, and the finger is moved so as to turn a page in an actual book (for example, the finger on the operation unit 12 is moved to the left). When this operation is accepted, the control unit switches the display unit 11 to display the previous page from the page displayed so far.

  Next, a configuration example of the operation unit 12 will be described with reference to FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating a cross section of the upper surface of the operation unit 12, and FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a side surface of the operation unit 12 (a side surface from the side where the user is located in FIG. 1). .

  2A and 2B, the operation unit 12 includes a plurality of wirings 14, protrusions 15, and sensors 16 (an example of pressure detection means). As shown in FIG. 2A, the wiring 14 has a lattice shape, and a sensor 16 is provided at each intersection. On each sensor 16, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, fence-like (cuboid) projections are arranged in parallel at equal intervals. The protrusion 15 is made of an elastic member such as rubber, for example.

  The user places a finger on the upper surface of the protrusion 15 and moves the finger in a predetermined direction to perform a pseudo page turning operation. When the user places a finger on the upper surface of the predetermined projection 15, the sensor 16 disposed at the lower portion of the projection 15 on which the finger is placed detects the pressure applied to the projection 15, and the wiring 14 A pressure detection signal is sent to a control means (not shown) via Thereafter, when the user moves his / her finger and releases his / her finger from the upper surface of the predetermined protrusion 15, the sensor 16 disposed at the lower part of the protrusion 15 where the finger is released is added to the protrusion 15. The pressure drop is detected, and a pressure drop detection signal is sent to the control means (not shown) via the wiring 14. The control means to which this pressure drop detection signal is input performs page turning or page returning as page switching control.

  Next, a specific example of page switching control will be described with reference to FIG. 3A to 3C, the upper diagram schematically shows a state where a finger is placed on the upper surface of the protrusion 15, and the lower diagram is detected by the sensor 16 in the state shown in the upper diagram. It is a graph which shows the pressure to perform. FIG. 3 shows an example in which page turning is executed by operating the operation unit 12 for the right hand.

  When the user wants to advance the page being displayed on the display unit 11 first, in the operation unit 12 for the right hand, for example, the thumb of the right hand is placed on the upper surface of the projection 15 and a force is applied obliquely downward to the right. As a result, as shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 3A, the protrusion 15 is inclined in the right direction (the direction indicated by the arrow a). In the upper example of FIG. 3A, a state where the user places a finger on all the protrusions 15 is shown. At this time, the sensor 16 provided corresponding to the protrusion 15 on which the finger is placed detects the pressure p as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. This detection result is output as a pressure detection signal from the sensor 16 to the control means via the wiring 14. The control means recognizes that the pressure p has been detected in all the protrusions 15 as shown in the lower diagram of FIG.

  Next, when the user wants to move forward by one page, in the state shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 3A, the user moves the thumb of the right hand in the right direction (the direction indicated by the arrow a) and moves it to the leftmost (x1). Release the finger from the protruding portion 15 located. As a result, as shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 3B, the leftmost protrusion 15 returns to its original position from the tilted state due to its elastic force. At this time, the sensor 16 provided corresponding to the protruding portion 15 from which the finger is released detects a decrease in the pressure p (0 in the example in the figure) as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. This detection result is output from the sensor 16 to the control means via the wiring 14 as a pressure drop detection signal. When the control means recognizes that a pressure drop has been detected at the leftmost (x1) protrusion 15 as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. 3B, it performs page feed control. That is, the control unit switches the display unit 11 to display the page being displayed one page ahead.

  If the user wants to advance one page further, in the state shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 3B, the user moves the thumb of the right hand to the right (the direction indicated by arrow a) and is positioned second (x2) from the left end. Release the finger from the protrusion 15. Thereby, as shown in the upper figure of FIG.3 (c), the 2nd protrusion part 15 from the left returns to the original position from the inclined state with the elastic force. At this time, the sensor 16 provided corresponding to the protruding portion 15 from which the finger is released detects a decrease in pressure p (0 in the example in the figure) as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. This detection result is output from the sensor 16 to the control means via the wiring 14 as a pressure drop detection signal. When the control means recognizes that a pressure drop has been detected in the second (x2) protrusion 15 from the left as shown in the lower part of FIG. 3C, it performs page feed control. That is, the control unit switches the display unit 11 to display the page being displayed one page ahead.

  In addition, after the state of the upper figure of FIG.3 (c), if a user moves a finger | toe rightward and removes a finger | toe from the rightmost projection part 15, all the projection parts 15 will be in an original position. Return (becomes the state shown in FIG. 2B). Therefore, when the user wants to continue page turning after that, the user may place the finger on the protrusion 15 again as shown in the upper diagram of FIG. By repeating the movement of the finger at the protrusion 15 in this manner, page feed can be performed even when the number of pages of still image data is large.

  The above is an example of page feed control, but page return control is the same as above. An example of page return control will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the user wants to return the page being displayed on the display unit 11 to the front, the user places, for example, the thumb of the left hand on the upper surface of the projection 15 and applies a force diagonally downward to the left. Thereby, as shown to Fig.4 (a), the projection part 15 inclines in the left direction (direction shown by the arrow b). In the example of FIG. 4A, a state where the user places a finger on all the protrusions 15 is shown. At this time, the sensor 16 provided corresponding to the protrusion 15 on which the finger is placed detects the pressure (predetermined value). This detection result is output as a pressure detection signal from the sensor 16 to the control means via the wiring 14. The control means recognizes that pressure (predetermined value) has been detected in all the protrusions 15.

  Next, when the user wants to return to the previous page, in the state of FIG. 4A, the user moves the thumb of the left hand in the left direction (the direction indicated by the arrow b), and starts from the protrusion 15 located at the rightmost position. Release your finger. Thereby, as shown in FIG.4 (b), the rightmost projection part 15 returns to the original position from the inclined state with the elastic force. At this time, the sensor 16 provided corresponding to the protrusion 15 from which the finger is released detects a pressure drop (for example, 0). This detection result is output from the sensor 16 to the control means via the wiring 14 as a pressure drop detection signal. When the control means recognizes that a pressure drop has been detected at the rightmost protrusion 15, it performs page return control. That is, the control unit switches the display unit 11 to display a page that has been displayed one page before.

  After the state shown in FIG. 4B, when the user moves his / her finger to the left and releases his / her finger from the leftmost protrusion 15, all the protrusions 15 return to their original positions (FIG. 4). 2 (b)). Therefore, when the user wants to return the page after that, the user may put his finger on the protrusion 15 as shown in FIG. 4A and move it leftward. Thus, by repeatedly moving the finger at the protrusion 15, it is possible to perform page return even when the number of pages of still image data is large.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the projection 15 is regarded as a pseudo page, and the user moves the finger in a predetermined direction with the finger placed on the upper surface of the projection 15, and then lifts the finger from the projection 15 in order. As a result, the displayed page is switched in accordance with the number of the protruding portions 15 separated. In the above description, it is assumed that “one page” is preset as the number to be switched for one protrusion 15. The number to be switched may be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, in the case where “2 pages” is set in advance for one protrusion 15, when the predetermined protrusion 15 returns to the original position due to the movement of the finger by the user, the control means that recognizes the pressure drop due thereto is as follows: In the display unit 11, the page being displayed is switched so as to display a page advanced (or returned) two pages ahead.

  In the above description, as shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 3A and FIG. 4A, the user places the finger on all of the protrusions 15 as an example. The way is not limited to this. It is not necessary to place a finger on all of the protrusions 15, and a finger may be placed on the protrusion 15 at an arbitrary position and moved from there.

  In the above description, as shown in FIG. 1, the example includes two operation units 12 for the right hand and the left hand, but the number is not limited to this. For example, only one operation unit 12 may be provided. In that case, the operation (page feed operation) described with reference to FIG. 3 and the operation (page return operation) described with reference to FIG. Therefore, in order to identify which operation has been performed, it is necessary to include a direction detection unit that detects a direction in which the protrusion 15 tilts when the user places a finger on the protrusion 15 and applies force. . For example, the sensor 16 of FIG. 2 that functions as a pressure detector may also have a direction detection function, or a direction detection function may be provided separately from the sensor 16 of FIG. 2 that functions as a pressure detector. A provided sensor may be provided. For example, a plurality of sensors having a direction detecting function are provided for one protrusion, and when the protrusion is repelled from the right direction (FIG. 3) and when the protrusion is repelled from the left direction ( By detecting the change in the pressure distribution in FIG. 2, it may be detected whether the page turning operation or the page returning operation has been performed. As shown in the upper part of FIG. 3 (a), the sensor having the direction detection function outputs a direction detection signal indicating that the inclination is rightward when the projection 15 is tilted rightward by the user. Output to. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4A, a sensor having a direction detection function sends a direction detection signal indicating that the inclination is leftward to the control means when the protrusion 15 is tilted leftward by the user. Output. The control means is set in advance to perform page feed when the inclination of the protrusion 15 is rightward and to perform page return when the inclination of the protrusion 15 is leftward. Therefore, in the input direction detection signal, the control means executes page feed control when the inclination indicates the right direction, and executes page return control when the inclination indicates the left direction. . In this way, both page feed and page return can be realized even with a single operation unit 12.

  In the above description, the tablet terminal 10 includes the operation unit 12 (protrusion unit 15 and sensor 16) and the control unit in the same housing, but is not limited thereto. For example, when applied to a desktop personal computer, the control means may be built in the housing of the PC main body, and the operation unit 12 may be provided in a peripheral device connected to the housing of the PC main body such as a keyboard or a mouse.

  Moreover, in the said description, although the operation part 12 was set as the example arrange | positioned in the front of the tablet terminal 10, it is not limited to this. For example, the operation unit 12 may be disposed on each side surface of the tablet terminal 10. That is, the operation part 12 should just be provided in the arbitrary positions which considered usability in the apparatus and apparatus with which it is equipped.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to realize page switching of still image data being displayed by an intuitive operation close to page turning in an actual book.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, it is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

10 Tablet terminal 11 Display unit 12 Operation unit (for right hand)
13 Operation part (for left hand)
14 Wiring 15 Protrusion 16 Sensor

Claims (4)

A display unit capable of displaying still image data;
A protrusion that tilts in the direction operated by the user and returns to the original position when the operation is completed;
Pressure detecting means for detecting a pressure applied to the protruding portion by the operation when the protruding portion is inclined and detecting a decrease in the pressure due to the end of the operation when the protruding portion returns to the original position. When,
Control means for performing control to switch pages of still image data being displayed on the display unit when the pressure drop is detected by the pressure detection means;
I have a,
The protrusion is such that one surface that is not the largest surface of the rectangular parallelepiped member is flush with the display portion so that the largest surface of the rectangular parallelepiped member is orthogonal to a predetermined direction from the center of the display portion to the periphery. Viewed switching device is configured by being more disposed around the display unit there, characterized in Rukoto. The protrusion is a fence-shaped member,
The page view switching device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the fence-like members are arranged in parallel at equal intervals. Direction detection means for detecting a direction in which the protrusion is inclined by the operation;
The control means includes
3. The page according to claim 1, wherein control is performed so as to perform either page advance for sending the page first or page return for returning the page to the front in accordance with the direction detected by the direction detection unit. View switching device. The number of pages is preset in the protrusion,
The control means includes
4. The page view switching device according to claim 1, wherein when the pressure drop is detected by the pressure detection unit, switching is performed for the preset number of pages. 5.

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