Graphic display control device for displaying graph and graphic and recording medium

• US 20040227738A1
• Filed: 06/15/2004
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Sudoh, Tomohiro
• Application Number:
  US10/868,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20040227738A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A graphic display control device easily changes a display of a graph or graphic by operating an area where a graph or graphic is generally displayed. When a CPU detects trace execution inputting, the CPU displays a trace pointer on a graph, and simultaneously displays coordinates at which the trace pointer is positioned. Further, when the CPU detects an operation of a graph controller by an input pen, the CPU adds a predetermined value to an x-coordinate value of the trace pointer to perform tracing of the graph.

Claims

1. A graphic display control device comprising:

a graphic display unit which displays a graph and coordinate axes on a display screen having a touch panel;

a detector which detects a touch operation on a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes; and

a processor which, when the touch operation is detected by the detector, changes a display of the display screen.

2. A graphic display control device according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises an end portion operation detector which detects a touch operation on an end portion of the coordinate axes, and

the processor comprises a trace pointer display unit which displays a trace pointer which moves on the graph in response to a detection of the touch operation by the end portion operation detector.

3. A graphic display control device according to claim 2, further comprising a scroll display unit which, when a touch operation is performed on the end portion of the coordinate axes to move the trace pointer out of the display screen, scrolls and displays the graph and the coordinate axes such that the trace pointer is displayed within the display screen.

4. A graphic display control device according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises an end portion operation detector which detects a touch operation on an end portion of the coordinate axes, and

the processor comprises a screen movement and display unit which moves and displays the graph and the coordinate axes in response to a detection of the touch operation by the end portion operation detector.

5. A graphic display control device according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises an end portion operation detector which detects a touch operation on an end portion of the coordinate axes, and

the processor comprises a rotation and display unit which rotates and displays the graph in response to a detection of the touch operation by the end portion operation detector.

6. A graphic display control device according to claim 1, comprising:

a reference point display unit which displays a display reference point indicating a reference position of the graph and capable of being moved by a touch operation, on the display screen; and

a rotation and display unit which, when the display reference point is moved by the touch operation, rotates and displays the graph displayed on the display screen.

7. A graphic display control device according to claim 1, wherein the detector comprises an end portion operation detector which detects a touch operation on an end portion of the coordinate axes, and

the processor comprises a display size change unit which displays the graph in a reduced manner or an enlarged manner in response to a detection of the touch operation by the end portion operation detector.

8. A graphic display control device according to claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a display status switching unit which switches a display status of the graph in response to a detection of the touch operation by the detector.

9. A graphic display control device according to claim 1, further comprising a function equation display unit which displays a function equation of the graph, and

wherein the processor comprises a coefficient change unit which changes a value of a coefficient included in the function equation in response to a detection of the touch operation by the detector, and a graph redisplay unit which redisplays the graph along with a change in the coefficient by the coefficient change unit.

10. A computer readable recording medium which records a computer program for use in a graphic display control device comprising a display screen having a touch panel, the computer program comprising:

program code means for displaying a graph and coordinate axes on the display screen;

program code means for detecting a touch operation on a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes; and

program code means for, when the touch operation is detected, changing a display of the display screen.

11. A graphic display control device comprising an equation display device which displays an equation and a graph display device which displays a graph based on the equation and coordinate axes, the graphic display control device comprising:

a register unit which, when a first operation of designating or selecting a coefficient of an equation displayed on the equation display device and a second operation for a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes after the first operation are performed, registers the coefficient designated or selected by the first operation in the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes;

a coefficient change unit which, when a third operation for the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes is performed after the coefficient is registered by the register unit, changes a value of the registered coefficient; and

a graph redisplay controller which redisplays a graph on the graph display device along with a change in the coefficient by the coefficient change unit.

12. A graphic display control device comprising a function equation display device which displays a function equation and a graph display device which displays a graph and coordinate axes, the graphic display control device comprising:

a display controller which, when a first operation of designating or selecting a function equation displayed on the function equation display device and a second operation of moving the function equation designated or selected by the first operation into the graph display device after the first operation are performed, displays and controls a graph based on the designated or selected function equation on the graph display device;

a register unit which, when a third operation for a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes displayed on the graph display device is performed after the first operation for a function equation displayed on the function equation display device, registering the function equation designated or selected by the first operation in the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes; and

a registered graph display controller which, when the third operation is performed after the function equation designated or selected by the first operation is registered in the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes by the register unit, displays and controls a graph based on the registered function equation on the graph display device.

13. A graphic display control device comprising a function equation display device which displays a function equation and a graph display device which displays a graph and coordinate axes, the device comprising:

a display controller which, when a first operation of designating or selecting a function equation displayed on the function equation display device and a second operation of moving the function equation designated or selected by the first operation into the graph display device are performed, displays and controls a graph based on the function equation designated or selected by the first operation on the graph display device;

a register unit which registers a predetermined calculation process by a third operation for a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes; and

a calculation result graph display controller which, when the first operation for a function equation displayed on the function equation display device and a fourth operation for the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes are performed, displays and controls a graph obtained by executing the predetermined calculation process to a graph based on the function equation designated or selected by the first operation on the graph display device.

14. A computer readable recording medium which records a computer program for use in a graphic display control device comprising an equation display device which displays an equation and a graph display device which displays a graph based on the equation and coordinate axes, the computer program comprising:

program code means for, when a first operation of designating or selecting a coefficient of an equation displayed on the equation display device and a second operation for a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes displayed on the graph display device after the first operation are performed, registering the coefficient designated or selected by the first operation in the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes;

program code means for, when a third operation for the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes is performed after the coefficient is registered by the registering, changing a value of the registered coefficient; and

program code means for redisplaying a graph displayed on the graph display device along with a change in the coefficient.

15. A computer readable recording medium which records a computer program used in a graphic display control device comprising a function equation display device which displays a function equation and a graph display device which displays a graph and coordinate axes therein, the computer program comprising:

program code means for, when a first operation of designating or selecting a function equation displayed on the function equation display device and a second operation of moving the function equation designated or selected by the first operation into the graph display device after the first operation are performed, displaying and controlling a graph based on the designated or selected function equation on the graph display device;

program code means for, when a third operation for a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes displayed on the graph display device is performed after the first operation for a function equation displayed on the function equation display device, registering the function equation designated or selected by the first operation in the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes; and

program code means for, when the third operation is performed after the function equation designated or selected by the first operation is registered in the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes, displaying and controlling a graph based on the registered function equation on the graph display device.

16. A computer readable recording medium which records a computer program for use in a graphic display control device comprising a function equation display device which displays a function equation and a graph display device which displays a graph and coordinate axes, the computer program comprising:

program code means for, when a first operation of designating or selecting a function equation displayed on the function equation display device and a second operation of moving the function equation designated or selected by the first operation into the graph display device are performed, displaying and controlling a graph based on the function equation designated or selected by the first operation on the graph display device;

program code means for registering a predetermined calculation process by a third operation for a predetermined portion of the coordinate axes; and

program code means for, when the first operation for a function equation displayed on the function equation display device and a fourth operation for the predetermined portion of the coordinate axes are performed, displaying and controlling a graph obtained by executing the predetermined calculation process to a graph based on the function equation designated or selected by the first operation on the graph display device.

17. A graphic display control device comprising a first display device which displays a function equation and a second display device which displays a graph, and the graphic display control device displaying and controlling a graph based on the function equation displayed on the first display device, on the second display device, the graphic display control device comprising:

a display controller which, when a predetermined copy operation for a part of the function equation displayed on the first display device is performed, displays and controls a graph based on the part of the function equation on the second display device.

18. A graphic display control device according to claim 17, wherein the predetermined copy operation is performed by a series of operation inputs including a selection operation input of the part for the function equation displayed on the first display device and a copy execution operation input for the second display device.

19. A computer readable recording medium which records a computer program for use in a graphic display control device comprising a first display device which displays a function equation and a second display device which displays a graph, and displaying and controlling a graph based on the function equation displayed on the first display device on the second display device therein, the computer program comprising:

program code means for, when a predetermined copy operation for a part of the function equation displayed on the first display device is performed, displaying and controlling a graph based on the part of the function equation on the second display device.