JP6109889B2 - Information processing apparatus, method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to display of information.

  In recent years, in the field of information terminals equipped with touch panel screens such as smartphones and tablet terminals, when a word or phrase displayed on the screen is targeted for processing such as web search, the user can touch the display position of the phrase with a fingertip. The operation of selecting a phrase is widespread. As an example of such word selection, a technique for displaying a related search menu corresponding to a displayed article, extracting a keyword, and executing a search for the extracted keyword has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1). .

JP2011-077655

  By the way, in the conventional technology as described above, it has been difficult to select a word accurately, for example, in a selection operation with a fingertip, such as a deviation from the display position of a desired word. To deal with such difficulties, functions such as application programs such as web browsers can be used to increase the font size of the displayed text to make it easier to select a desired word or phrase, It is also possible to input the target word / phrase in the input field) by inputting characters or copying and pasting.

  However, the above-described countermeasure has a problem that an operation required for selecting a target word / phrase is complicated.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to enable accurate word / phrase selection by a simple series of touch operations.

  Based on the above object, an information processing apparatus according to one aspect (1) of the present invention is centered on an operation accepting unit that accepts a touch operation that touches a touch panel screen, and a location that touches the touch panel screen by the touch operation. Selection button display that displays on the touch panel screen a phrase extraction unit that extracts at least one phrase from a character string within a predetermined range, and a selection button that can select a character string corresponding to the phrase extracted by the phrase extraction unit Means.

  An information processing method according to another aspect (8) of the present invention includes an operation reception process for accepting a touch operation touching a touch panel screen provided in a computer, and a predetermined process centered on a portion touched on the touch panel screen by the touch operation. A word extraction process for extracting at least one word from a character string within a range, and a selection button display process for displaying a selection button capable of selecting a character string corresponding to the extracted word on the touch panel screen. Is executed.

  A computer program according to another aspect (9) of the present invention controls a computer to accept a touch operation touching a touch panel screen included in the computer, and detects a place touched on the touch panel screen by the touch operation. At least one word / phrase is extracted from a character string within a predetermined range centered, and a selection button capable of selecting a character string corresponding to the extracted word / phrase is displayed on the touch panel screen.

  In the above aspect of the present invention, among the character strings displayed on the touch panel screen, a word or phrase extracted from the character strings displayed around the part touched on the touch panel screen on which the touch operation has been performed is touched. It is displayed as a selection button for selection around the location. This makes it possible to select words accurately by an intuitive operation of selecting a candidate displayed with a selection button at the touched place without requiring a complicated operation such as inputting the word into a search window or the like by key operation again. it can. For this reason, it is possible to select an accurate phrase by a simple series of touch operations.

  According to another aspect (2) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the selection button display means places the selection button on the touch panel in a size corresponding to a contact area at the touched location specified by the touch operation. It is characterized by being displayed on the screen.

  Another aspect (3) of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the above aspects, the selection button display means displays the selection buttons in an arrangement in which an arc is drawn around the touched part.

  According to another aspect (4) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the selection button display means displays the selection buttons of the words in an order according to a reference value predetermined corresponding to the word. It is characterized by doing.

  According to another aspect (5) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the selection button display means includes a predetermined number display means for displaying a predetermined number of the selection buttons in the order. Operation detecting means for detecting a predetermined operation, and display switching means for switching the display of the predetermined number of the selection buttons according to the order when the predetermined operation is detected. Features.

  According to another aspect (6) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, a selection receiving unit that receives a selection operation for selecting the displayed selection button, and information related to the selection button selected in the selection operation Related information acquisition means for acquiring information as related information via a communication network, and the selection button display means is a related selection button that is the selection button corresponding to the related information in the vicinity of the selected selection button Is displayed.

  According to another aspect (7) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the selection receiving means performs a first selection operation when the displayed selection button is continuously touched on the touch panel screen. The selection button generation means generates the related selection button, and when the touched operation is terminated after the portion touched by the displayed selection button is shifted, it is accepted as the second selection operation. The control is passed to predetermined information processing means.

  Each of the above aspects can also be understood as other categories (methods, programs, systems, etc.) that are not specified. For the method and program categories, the “means” indicated in the device category is used as the “processing”. "Or" step ". Further, the order of processes and steps is not limited to the one directly specified in the present application, and can be changed such as changing the order or executing some processes collectively or partly at any time. Furthermore, computers such as terminals that implement and execute individual means, processes, and steps may be common, or may differ for each means, process, step, or timing.

  According to the present invention, accurate word / phrase selection by a series of easy touch operations is possible.

The functional block diagram which shows a structure about embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of data in embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a screen display in embodiment of this invention (display of a character string). The figure which shows the example of a screen display in embodiment of this invention (display of a selection button). The figure which shows the example of a screen display in embodiment of this invention (selection of a selection button). The figure which shows the example of a screen display in embodiment of this invention (display of a related selection button). The figure which shows the example of a screen display in embodiment of this invention (other aspects which display a related selection button). The figure which shows the example of a screen display in embodiment of this invention (other aspects which display a related selection button).

  Next, a mode for carrying out the present invention (referred to as “embodiment”) will be illustrated along the drawings. In addition, the assumptions common to the contents already described in the background art and problems are omitted as appropriate.

[1. Constitution〕
The present embodiment relates to the information processing apparatus 1 (hereinafter also referred to as “this apparatus 1” or “this apparatus”) shown in the configuration diagram of FIG. 1, and this apparatus 1 is a smartphone, a mobile phone terminal, a tablet PC, or the like. Mobile information terminals and other personal computers. The apparatus 1 includes at least an arithmetic control unit 6 such as a CPU, a storage device 7 such as a main memory and an auxiliary storage device, and a communication network N (for example, a mobile phone, a PHS, a public wireless LAN, etc.). Communication means 8 (communication circuit with a mobile communication network, wireless LAN adapter, etc.) with a mobile communication network or the Internet.

  In addition to the configuration of the computer as described above, the present apparatus 1 has a display screen G (hereinafter, “touch panel screen G” or “touch panel screen”, simply “screen G”, “ A screen).

  In the present apparatus 1, elements (20, 30, etc.) such as each unit shown in FIG. 1 are realized by a predetermined computer program stored (installed) in the storage device 7 controlling the arithmetic control unit 6. The kind of computer program here is free, for example, it may be distributed from a web server as web page data such as HTML or script, or may be basic software such as an operating system, or an application program (“ It may also be called an “app”), a function expansion module represented by such plug-in software, or other types.

  In addition, among the elements to be realized, the mode of the information storage means is arbitrary, and can be realized in any data format such as a file on the storage device 7, or may be remote storage by network computing (cloud). The storage means may include not only a data storage area but also functions such as data input / output and management. In addition, the unit of the storage means shown in this application is for convenience of explanation, and the configuration can be divided or integrated as appropriate, and the processing data and processing results of each means are stored in addition to the explicit storage means. A storage means is used as appropriate.

  The arrows in the figure (for example, FIG. 1) supplementarily indicate the main direction of the flow of data, control, etc., and do not deny other flows or imply direction limitations. For example, when acquiring data in a certain direction, a prior data request or a subsequent acknowledge (ACK: confirmation response) is transmitted in the reverse direction as necessary. In addition, each means other than the storage means is a processing means for realizing and executing the information processing functions and operations (for example, FIG. 3) as described below, but these are functional units arranged for explanation. It doesn't matter if it matches the actual hardware elements or software modules.

[2. Effect)
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for realizing word selection by touch operation in the apparatus 1 configured as described above.

[2-1. (Reception of operations and extraction of words)
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 4, when the operation accepting unit 20 accepts an operation of touching a finger F on the screen G displaying information such as a character string, that is, a touch operation (step S <b> 11), the touched screen is displayed. Information such as the upper position and size is passed to the phrase extraction means 30. The phrase extraction unit 30 uses a morphological analysis or the like from a character string displayed within a predetermined range on the touch panel screen G from the position touched by the accepted operation, that is, a location. At least one is extracted (step S12).

  Here, the content of the evaluation value for each word / phrase is free, for example, the appearance frequency in the document such as a web page or the appearance frequency in a document group including other documents, the selection in which the user selects the word / phrase in the present invention Arbitrary evaluation values such as the frequency, the detection frequency detected as one phrase by morphological analysis, the number and frequency of web searches using the word as a key, and the number of hits in the web search using the word as a key can be adopted. The number of web searches, the number of hits, and the like are obtained from the search server 2 using an API (Application Program Interface), for example.

  The “predetermined range” from the touched position is, for example, the inside of a circle or ellipse of a predetermined size centered on the touched position, a range of a predetermined number of lines before and after the line including the touched position, the touched position The range of the specified number of characters before and after the closest character, the whole of the same web page, the range that was displayed without scrolling when touched among the same web page, etc. can be considered, but not limited to this, it is also freely determined be able to.

  Also, the number of words to be extracted may be one or more, and the user may be able to select the number by setting or the like. FIG. 2 (2) illustrates the extracted words and evaluation values as data, which relates to the case where a plurality of words are poured, and is selected by storing in the evaluation value storage means 35 or directly. It is handed over to the button generation means 40, and the selection button is generated as follows.

[2-2. (Selection button generation and display)
That is, next, the selection button generation means 40 generates a selection button corresponding to the word extracted as described above (step S13), and the selection button display means 50 is generated as illustrated in FIG. The selected buttons B (B1 to B6) are displayed on the touched touch panel screen G (step S14). Here, the type, type, number, etc. of the selection buttons to be displayed are arbitrary. In the example of FIG. 5, six fan-shaped selection buttons are displayed in the display range R of the selection buttons. The selection button is not limited to a graphic such as a circle, an ellipse, a triangle, a quadrangle, a polygon such as a hexagon, other figures, or a simple word display of various selection lists. Further, as the generation of the selection button, an image corresponding to the outer shape such as the shape of the selection button may be drawn and generated together with the character string of the phrase on the spot, or an image corresponding to the outer shape is prepared in advance. You may make it combine with a character string.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the position touched by the touch operation is acquired by the operation accepting means 20 and the selection button B (B1 to B6) is displayed around that position, that is, the touched portion, so that the selection operation is performed. It becomes easy. In particular, in the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the selection button display unit 50 displays the selection buttons B (B1 to B6) in an arrangement in which an arc is drawn around the touched part. Note that the interval between the selection buttons does not matter, and the arc here may be an arrangement in which an original partial arc is drawn such as a portion hidden by a finger does not display the selection button, as shown in FIG. In this way, an arrangement may be made in which a circle surrounding 360 degrees is drawn.

  In addition, in this embodiment, the selection button display means 50 displays the phrase selection buttons in an order corresponding to a reference value that is predetermined in correspondence with the phrase. In the example of FIG. 5, the selection buttons B1, B2, B3, and B4 are displayed in a predetermined position order in the descending order of evaluation values in FIG. Note that the reference value here may be different from the evaluation value or the same value, the appearance frequency exemplified for the evaluation value, the selection frequency by the user, the detection frequency in morphological analysis, the web The number of searches and the number of hits can be freely determined. In the present embodiment, the evaluation value is also used as a reference value.

  Further, the selection button display means 50 may display the phrase selection button in a size corresponding to the reference value or the order of the reference value determined in advance corresponding to the word. You can easily grasp the popularity at a glance. About the example of size, besides changing the size of the similar shape, a specific mode may be freely determined such as making a difference depending on the size of the fan-shaped angle.

  The selection button B is displayed in a size suitable for touch selection with a human finger according to the screen size such as the number of pixels. The area of the selection button is based on, for example, an area that is twice to several times the average value of the touch area in the touch operation, or a size that is 1.5 to several times the average diameter of the range touched by the touch operation. Then, reliable touch selection can be realized. For example, on a screen of 100 pixels per centimeter, in order to display a selection button with a size of a predetermined side of 1.5 centimeters, which is twice that of an average diameter of 7.5 millimeters in a touched range, The size of the side may be 150 pixels.

  Further, the operation accepting unit 20 detects the size of the contact point (hereinafter referred to as “contact point size”) touched by the touch operation for each individual (step S11), and the selection button generation unit 40 is detected. If the selection button is generated with a size corresponding to the contact size (for example, a size proportional to the contact size) (step S13), selection suitable for the user's gender, age, physique, operational habit, etc. Since the selection button can be displayed in a size that is easy to do, the operability and accuracy of word selection by touch operation are improved. In this case, as the contact size, for example, the contact area, the diameter of the circle, the length of the major axis of the ellipse, the length of the minor axis, etc. can be freely determined and used.

[2-3. (Selection button switching display)
When there are many selection buttons, several displays are switched in order. In this case, in the selection button display means 50, the predetermined number display means 52 displays a predetermined number of selection buttons according to the above order (step S14), and the operation detection means 54 performs a predetermined operation (“ Each time a “switching operation” is detected (step S15), the display switching means 56 switches the display of the predetermined number of selection buttons according to the order (step S16).

  For example, in the example of FIG. 5, up to six selection buttons (for example, B1 to B6) are displayed at the same time, a “next” button BN is displayed, and the touch operation to the “next” button BN is switched. Although it is assumed that the operation is performed, the specific content of the switching operation can be arbitrarily determined, for example, by detecting an operation of shaking the main body with a built-in acceleration sensor.

[2-4. (Selection reception and search)
Then, the selection receiving means 60 receives a selection operation (for example, a tap operation or a double tap operation) for selecting the selection button displayed as described above (steps S15 to S19), and passes the selection contents to the next information processing. Although the specific contents of the selection operation (steps S15 to S19) will be described later, a simple example is to slide the position of the touching finger onto a desired selection button and then release the finger. For example, in the example of FIG. 6, if the finger is slid from the original position F1 to the position F2 corresponding to the selection button B2 (indicated by a thick arrow) and then the finger is released, the selection button B2 is finally This is an operation for definite selection (referred to as “final selection”).

  In addition, the content of the information processing to which the content of the selection operation is handed over is free, but for example, searching for various data and web pages can be considered. In this case, the search means 70 performs a search using the phrase (for example, “smart phone” for the selection button B2 for example) related to the selection button selected by the selection operation as a search key (step S20). Execution of the search may be completed in the present apparatus 1 such as searching for data prepared in advance. However, the search is transmitted to the search server 2 as a search query and the result is received via the communication network N. You may search.

[2-5. (Display and selection of related selection buttons)
Information related to the word or phrase selected by the selection button may be derivatively displayed as a further selection button (referred to as “related selection button”) (for example, FIG. 7) and the selection may be accepted. In this case, in response to a predetermined selection operation (hereinafter referred to as “relevant selection”) that displays the related selection button in a derivative manner (step S21), first, the related information acquisition unit 80 selects the selection operation. Information related to the selected button is acquired as related information via the communication network (step S22). The related information is also stored in the evaluation value storage unit 35 together with the evaluation value, or directly passed to the selection button generation unit 40 to generate a related selection button as described later.

  Here, as the related information, other words or phrases that are related search words that are searched simultaneously with the basic word and each item of the search result using the basic word as a key can be freely determined. The related search word is obtained from the search server 2 using an API or the like, for example. For example, the data example of the related information shown in FIG. 2 (2) is related to the related search words “radio”, “provider”, etc. that are frequently used for searching simultaneously with the phrase “Internet” shown in FIG. 2 (1). For example, “radio” means that there are many web searches using the search key in combination with “Internet”, such as “Internet radio” in two words, “Internet radio” in one word, etc. .

  Then, the selection button generating unit 40 generates a related selection button that is a selection button corresponding to such related information (step S23), and as shown in FIG. 7, the selection button display unit 50 displays the related selection buttons B11 to B11. B16 is displayed in the vicinity of the relevantly selected selection button B1 (step S14).

  When the related selection button is displayed in the vicinity of the selection button that has been selected as related, the related selection button does not have to be surrounded by the related selection button as shown in FIG. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the related selection buttons may be displayed in an arrangement that surrounds a part of the periphery of the selection button that has been selected in association with the display range R of the selection button according to the screen size or the like. For example, in the example of FIG. 8, since the sector-shaped selection buttons do not fit on the left side of the selection button B1 that has been selected as related, the related selection buttons are displayed only on the right side.

[2-6. (Selection operation)
Of the operations for the selection button displayed as shown in FIG. 5, the first selection operation for derivatively displaying the related selection button as described above, that is, the above-mentioned related selection operation, the word of the selection button, and the like Although it is free to define and use the second selection operation that is finally and deterministically selected, that is, the above-described final selection, as an example, in the present embodiment, the following distinction is made. .

  That is, the selection receiving means 60 has a touch operation on the touch panel screen to touch the selection button (step S17: “YES”), and the displayed selection button is continuously touched for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second or more). (Step S18: "YES"), it is accepted as a related selection which is the first selection operation (Step S21), and after the related information is acquired (Step S22), the related button is sent to the selection button generating means 40. Is generated (step S22). For example, in the case of FIG. 5, if the user touches the selection button B1 corresponding to the phrase “Internet” and touches it for 1 second or more without immediately releasing it, as shown in FIG. B16 is displayed.

  On the other hand, the selection accepting means 60 accepts as a final selection which is the second selection operation when the touching operation is ended after the touched portion is shifted to the displayed selection button, and is determined in advance. Control is passed to the information processing means. For example, in the state of FIG. 5, the position touched by the finger is the center of the selection buttons B1 to B6, but the position is shifted to the displayed selection button B2, for example, as shown in FIG. Thus, when the touch operation is finished, the phrase related to the selection button (for example, “smartphone” for the selection button B2) is finally selected (step S19) and is subjected to search or the like (step S20).

  In addition to the related selection buttons displayed as described above, the related selection buttons may be derived in a secondary, secondary display, or related selection buttons displayed in multiple stages from there. Good. For example, in the state of FIG. 7, if the related selection button B14 related to the related information “TV” is selected, the related search words “terrestrial digital”, “cable”, etc., which are related information of “TV”, as shown in FIG. The related selection buttons B141 to B146 corresponding to are displayed.

[3. effect〕
(1) As described above, in the present embodiment, a word / phrase extracted from a character string displayed around a part touched by a finger (for example, FIG. 4) among character strings displayed on the touch panel screen is touched. It is displayed as a selection button for selection around the selected location (for example, step 14 in FIGS. 5 and 3). This makes it possible to select words accurately by an intuitive operation of selecting a candidate displayed with a selection button at the touched place without requiring a complicated operation such as inputting the word into a search window or the like by key operation again. Yes (for example, steps S17 to S19). For this reason, it is possible to select an accurate phrase by a simple series of touch operations.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, a phrase with a high evaluation value is extracted from a character string in a sentence such as a displayed article (for example, step S12 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 2 (1)), and the selected phrase is searched for as a search key. By performing a search such as a web search (for example, step S20), it is possible to improve the usability of the search service, so that it is possible to promote the use of information such as examining information related to the words of interest in articles.

(2) In the present embodiment, the selection button generated with the size corresponding to the contact area specified by the touch operation is displayed on the touch panel screen, so that the user's sex, age, physique, and operational Since the selection button can be displayed in a size that is easy to select suitable for a bag or the like, the operability and accuracy of word selection by touch operation are improved.

(3) Further, in this embodiment, by displaying the selection button in an arcuate arrangement with the touched part as the center (for example, FIG. 5), any selection button can be displayed without releasing the finger from the touched part. It becomes easy to perform accurate word selection by a simple series of touch operations of shifting to a position (for example, FIG. 6).

(4) Furthermore, in this embodiment, a selection button is displayed in an order according to a predetermined reference value (for example, FIG. 2 (1)) corresponding to a phrase (for example, FIG. 5), so that many users can search. As a word selected as is preferentially displayed at a position where it can be easily selected earlier, many users can quickly select a desired phrase.

(5) In particular, in this embodiment, the selection buttons can be displayed in a frequent order in order by switching the word selection screen according to the order by a predetermined operation (for example, FIG. 5). Even in the area, the display size for each selection button can be maintained sufficiently large, and a desired word / phrase can be accurately selected.

(6) In addition, in the present embodiment, based on the selection button selected by the user, the related information of the phrase of the selection button is further displayed in the vicinity by the related selection button (for example, FIGS. 7 to 9). This makes it possible to easily select words and information indirectly related to the original article, etc., and improve usability for information retrieval and the like.

(7) In the present embodiment, if the finger is not released from the previous selection button (step S18: “YES”), the first selection operation for displaying the related selection button is performed ( In step S21), if the finger is released from the previous selection button (step S18: “NO”), the second selection operation for selecting a word or related information corresponding to the selection button is performed (step S21). S19). This makes it possible to select a related selection button at any stage by repeatedly shifting it while touching the finger, and a series of particularly smooth touch operations in which the final selection of words and related information is achieved by releasing the finger with an arbitrary selection button. It is possible to select a word accurately.

[4. Other embodiments]
In addition, the said embodiment is only an illustration and this invention includes what is illustrated below and other embodiment other than that. For example, the configuration diagrams, data diagrams, flowcharts, and the like in the present application are merely examples, and the presence / absence of each element, the order of the arrangement and processing execution, and the specific contents can be changed as appropriate. For example, the content of information processing to which the final selected word or related information is handed over as the content of the selection operation is not limited to search, but can be freely stored in a temporary storage area such as a clipboard or registered in a Japanese input system. is there. In addition, the position and arrangement of the selection button are not limited to the vicinity of the touched part or the arc shape, and can be freely selected. Good.

  In addition, the mode of realizing the individual means constituting the apparatus 1 is free, and functions provided by an external server are called by API (application program interface) or network computing (so-called cloud or the like). The configuration of the present invention can be flexibly changed. Furthermore, each element such as means relating to the present invention may be realized by other information processing mechanisms such as a physical electronic circuit as well as a computer control unit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 6 Arithmetic control part 7 Memory | storage device 8 Communication means 20 Operation reception means 30 Phrase extraction means 40 Selection button production | generation means 50 Selection button display means 52 Predetermined number display means 54 Operation detection means 56 Display switching means 60 Selection reception means 70 Search means 80 Related information acquisition means B (B1 to B6) Selection buttons B11 to B16, B141 to B146 Related selection buttons BN Button F Finger F1, F2 Position G Screen N Communication network R Selection button display range

Claims (8)

Operation accepting means for accepting a touch operation on the touch panel screen;
A word / phrase extracting unit that extracts at least one word / phrase from a character string within a predetermined range centered on a portion touched on the touch panel screen by the touch operation;
Selection button display means for displaying on the touch panel screen a selection button capable of selecting a character string corresponding to the word extracted by the word extraction means ;
The phrase extracting means is
Extracting at least one word from the character string within the predetermined range in an order according to a reference value predetermined for each character string;
The selection button display means includes
Displaying the selection buttons of the phrases in an order according to a predetermined reference value corresponding to the phrases;
An information processing apparatus characterized by that.   2. The information processing according to claim 1, wherein the selection button display unit displays the selection button on the touch panel screen in a size corresponding to a contact area at the touched part specified by the touch operation. apparatus.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection button display unit displays the selection button in an arrangement in which an arc is drawn around the touched portion. The selection button display means includes
A predetermined number display means for displaying a predetermined number of the selection buttons according to the order;
An operation detecting means for detecting a predetermined operation;
Display switching means for switching the display of the predetermined number of the selection buttons according to the order when the predetermined operation is detected;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: Selection accepting means for accepting a selection operation for selecting the displayed selection button;
Further comprising related information acquisition means for acquiring information related to the selection button selected by the selection operation as related information via a communication network;
The said selection button display means displays the related selection button which is the said selection button corresponding to the said relevant information in the vicinity of the selected said selection button, It is any one of Claim 1 to 4 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information processing device. In the touch panel screen, the selection receiving means is
When the displayed selection button is continuously touched, it is accepted as a first selection operation and the selection button generation means generates the related selection button,
When the touch operation is terminated after the touched position of the displayed selection button has been shifted, it is accepted as a second selection operation, and control is passed to a predetermined information processing means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , characterized in that: An operation acceptance process for accepting a touch operation on the touch panel screen of the computer;
A word / phrase extraction process for extracting at least one word / phrase from a character string within a predetermined range centered on a portion touched on the touch panel screen by the touch operation;
The computer executes a selection button display process for displaying on the touch panel screen a selection button capable of selecting a character string corresponding to the extracted phrase .
The phrase extraction process is:
Extracting at least one word from the character string within the predetermined range in an order according to a reference value predetermined for each character string;
The selection button display process includes:
Displaying the selection buttons of the phrases in an order according to a predetermined reference value corresponding to the phrases;
An information processing method characterized by the above. By controlling the computer
We accept touch operation to touch on touch panel screen that computer had,
Extracting at least one word from a character string within a predetermined range centered on a part touched on the touch panel screen by the touch operation;
A selection button capable of selecting a character string corresponding to the extracted phrase is displayed on the touch panel screen , and
From the character string within the predetermined range, at least one word is extracted in an order according to a reference value predetermined for each character string;
Displaying the selection buttons of the words in an order corresponding to a reference value determined in advance corresponding to the words;
A computer program characterized by the above.

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