Selection display apparatus and selection display method

• US 10,437,426 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2016
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Toma, Kazuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Velez-Lopez, Mario M
• Application Number:
  US15/190,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20170090696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A selection display apparatus includes a display controller which makes a window area in which an item key(s) for selecting an item is(are) displayed according to categories, a window selection key area in which window selection keys for selecting a category of items to be displayed in the window area are displayed, and a specific category selecting key for selecting a specific category among the categories be displayed in a display; a first key controller which, when one window selection key among window selection keys displayed in the window selection key area is operated, makes the item key corresponding to a category indicated be displayed by the window selection key in the window area; and a second key controller which, when the specific category selecting key is operated, makes the item key corresponding to the category indicated by the specific category selecting key be displayed in the window area.

Claims

1. A selection display apparatus, comprising:

a touch panel type display; and

a processor that executes processes including;

a division process of dividing a display screen of the touch panel type display into at least a category display area, an item display area, and a shortcut key display area;

a first display control process of causing a category arrangement window to be displayed in the category display area so that the category arrangement window is able to slide in the category display area and at least a part of the category arrangement window is displayed, the category arrangement window arranging, according to a predetermined arrangement, a plurality of category selection keys which are made to correspond to respective predetermined categories;

a second display control process of causing a shortcut key which is made to correspond to a predetermined category to be displayed in the shortcut key display area;

a third display control process of causing each item, among a plurality of items included in a category which is made to correspond to a selected category selection key, to be displayed as an item selection key in the item display area when the selected category selection key is selected from among the plurality of category selection keys displayed as the category arrangement window in the category display area, and causing each item, among a plurality of items included in the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the shortcut key, to be displayed as an item selection key in the item display area when the shortcut key is selected; and

a determination process of determining whether a category selection key which is made to correspond to a same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the shortcut key is displayed in the category display area when the shortcut key is selected,

wherein when it is determined in the determination process that the category selection key is not displayed, in the first display control process, the category arrangement window is made to slide to be displayed so that the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area, and the category selection key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable, and

wherein in the division process, the display screen is divided so that the category display area, the item display area, and the shortcut key display area are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a slide movement direction of the category arrangement window.

2. The selection display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in the first display control process, when a user performs a slide operation to the category arrangement window displayed in the category display area, the category arrangement window displayed in the category display area is made to slide to be displayed in accordance with the slide operation.

3. The selection display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when it is determined in the determination process that the category selection key is displayed, in the first display control process, the category arrangement window is not made to slide to be displayed, and the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable.

4. The selection display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in the first display control process, the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable by changing a display color thereof, performing display thereof in an enlarged manner, or performing display thereof in a blinking manner on the category arrangement window.

5. The selection display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor further executes a setting process which obtains a selection state for each of the plurality of category selection keys and sets a category that is made to correspond to the shortcut key based on the selection state, wherein the shortcut key for which the category is set in the setting process is displayed in the second control process, the category being made to correspond to the shortcut key.

6. The selection display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of category selection keys are arranged in a matrix in the category arrangement window.

7. A selection display method comprising:

a division step of dividing a display screen of a touch panel type display into at least a category display area, an item display area, and a shortcut key display area;

a first display control step of causing a category arrangement window to be displayed in the category display area so that the category arrangement window is able to slide in the category display area and at least a part of the category arrangement window is displayed, the category arrangement window arranging, according to a predetermined arrangement, a plurality of category selection keys which are made to correspond to respective predetermined categories;

a second display control step of causing a shortcut key which is made to correspond to a predetermined category to be displayed in the shortcut key display area;

a third display control step of causing each item, among a plurality of items included in a category which is made to correspond to a selected category selection key, to be displayed as an item selection key in the item display area when the selected category selection key is selected from among the plurality of category selection keys displayed as the category arrangement window in the category display area, and causing each item, among a plurality of items included in the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the shortcut key, to be displayed as an item selection key in the item display area when the shortcut key is selected; and

a determination step of determining whether a category selection key which is made to correspond to a same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the shortcut key is displayed in the category display area when the shortcut key is selected,

wherein when it is determined in the determination step that the category selection key is not displayed, in the first display control step, the category arrangement window is made to slide to be displayed so that the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area, and the category selection key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable, and

wherein in the division step, the display screen is divided so that the category display area, the item display area, and the shortcut key display area are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a slide movement direction of the category arrangement window.

8. The selection display method of claim 7, wherein, in the first display control step, when a user performs a slide operation to the category arrangement window displayed in the category display area, the category arrangement window displayed in the category display area is made to slide to be displayed in accordance with the slide operation.

9. The selection display method of claim 7, wherein, when it is determined in the determination step that the category selection key is displayed, in the first display control step, the category arrangement window is not made to slide to be displayed, and the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable.

10. The selection display method of claim 7, wherein, in the first display control step, the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable by changing a display color thereof, performing display thereof in an enlarged manner, or performing display thereof in a blinking manner on the category arrangement window.

11. The selection display method of claim 7, further comprising a setting step which obtains a selection state for each of the plurality of category selection keys and sets a category that is made to correspond to the shortcut key based on the selection state, wherein the shortcut key for which the category is set in the setting step is displayed in the second control step, the category being made to correspond to the shortcut key.

12. The selection display method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of category selection keys are arranged in a matrix in the category arrangement window.

13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing therein a program to make a computer perform processes comprising:

a division process of dividing a display screen of a touch panel type display into at least a category display area, an item display area, and a shortcut key display area;

a first display control process of causing a category arrangement window to be displayed in the category display area so that the category arrangement window is able to slide in the category display area and at least a part of the category arrangement window is displayed, the category arrangement window arranging, according to a predetermined arrangement, a plurality of category selection keys which are made to correspond to respective predetermined categories;

a second display control process of causing a shortcut key which is made to correspond to a predetermined category to be displayed in shortcut key display area;

a third display control process of causing each item, among a plurality of items included in a category which is made to correspond to a selected category selection key, to be displayed as an item selection key in the item display area when the selected category selection key is selected from among the plurality of category selection keys displayed as the category arrangement window in the category display area, and causing each item, among a plurality of items included in the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the shortcut key, to be displayed as an item selection key in the item display area when the shortcut key is selected; and

a determination process of determining whether a category selection key which is made to correspond to a same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the shortcut key is displayed in the category display area when the shortcut key is selected,

wherein when it is determined in the determination process that the category selection key is not displayed, in the first display control process, the category arrangement window is made to slide to be displayed so that the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area, and the category selection key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable, and

wherein in the division process, the display screen is divided so that the category display area, the item display area, and the shortcut key display area are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a slide movement direction of the category arrangement window.

14. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein, in the first display control process, when a user performs a slide operation to the category arrangement window displayed in the category display area, the category arrangement window displayed in the category display area is made to slide to be displayed in accordance with the slide operation.

15. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein, when it is determined in the determination process that the category selection key is displayed, in the first display control process, the category arrangement window is not made to slide to be displayed, and the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein, in the first display control process, the category selection key which is made to correspond to the same category as the predetermined category which is made to correspond to the selected shortcut key is displayed in the category display area so as to be discriminable by changing a display color thereof, performing display thereof in an enlarged manner, or performing display thereof in a blinking manner on the category arrangement window.

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the program further makes the computer perform a setting process which obtains a selection state for each of the plurality of category selection keys and sets a category that is made to correspond to the shortcut key based on the selection state, wherein the shortcut key for which the category is set in the setting process is displayed in the second control process, the category being made to correspond to the shortcut key.

18. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of category selection keys are arranged in a matrix in the category arrangement window.