COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120098780A1
• Filed: 06/25/2010
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Eizou, Ozaki, Yuuya
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,094 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

An electronic device or a communication device including a display unit for displaying an image, an input detector for detecting an input instruction input by touching an area where the image is displayed by the display unit, and a control unit for providing control based on the input instruction detected by the input detector and for providing control for an image to be displayed on the display unit. When the display unit displays a pre-extraction group object containing a plurality of item objects on its screen, and when the input detector detects an input of a predetermined instruction to refine the pre-extraction group object, the control unit extracts a group of item objects that match a refinement criterion in the input instruction, and displays the group as a post-extraction group object on the screen of the display unit.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a display unit for displaying an image;

an input detector for detecting an input instruction input by touching an area where the image is displayed by the display unit;

a communication unit for performing communication with another terminal; and

a control unit for providing control based on the input instruction detected by the input detector and for providing control for an image to be displayed on the display unit, wherein,

when a pre-extraction group object containing a plurality of destination specifying objects each associated with address information used for communication performed through the communication unit is displayed on a screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects an input of a predetermined instruction to refine the pre-extraction group object,

the control unit extracts a group of destination specifying objects that match a refinement criterion in the input instruction, displays the group as a post-extraction group object on the screen of the display unit, and causes, when the input detector detects an input of an instruction for selecting and deciding one of the destination specifying objects in the post-extraction group object, the communication unit to start communication based on the address information associated with the selected destination specifying object.

2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein,

when a group object containing a plurality of destination specifying objects being address information used for communication performed through the communication unit and a key object being a criterion for refining the destination specifying objects from the group object are displayed on the screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects a touch on the key object and a movement instruction thereof in the touched state,

the control unit calculates a relevance ratio of each of the destination specifying objects Docket No.:

4554-179 PATENT in the group object to the key object, detects a movement amount of the key object using the input detector, calculates a range of the relevance ratio of a destination specifying object to be extracted based on the movement amount of the key object, extracts destination specifying objects that satisfy the calculated range of the relevance ratio from among the destination specifying objects in the group object, and causes, when the input detector detects an input of an instruction for selecting and deciding one of the extracted destination specifying objects, the communication unit to start communication based on the address information associated with the selected destination specifying object.

3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein,

when a group object containing a plurality of destination specifying objects being address information used for communication performed through the communication unit, a key object in which a criterion for refining the destination specifying objects from the group object is abstracted, and a key box object capable of containing a plurality of the key objects are displayed on the screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects a touch on the key box object and a movement instruction thereof in a touched state,

the control unit determines a result of logical operation performed on the key object contained in the key box object, calculates a relevance ratio of each of the destination specifying objects in the group object to the result of the logical operation, extracts destination specifying objects that satisfy a range of the calculated relevance ratio from among the destination specifying objects in the group object, displays the extracted destination specifying objects on the screen of the display unit, and causes, when the input detector detects an input of an instruction for selecting and deciding one of the extracted destination specifying objects, the communication unit to start communication based on the address information associated with the selected destination specifying object.

4. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein,

when the input detector detects a touch on the post-extraction group object and a movement instruction thereof in the touched state,

the control unit provides control so that a movement direction of the post-extraction group object is detected by the input detector and whether extracted destination specifying objects are kept contained in the pre-extraction group object is determined based on the movement direction of the post-extraction group object.

5. The communication device according to claim 4, wherein,

when the pre-extraction group object and a key object in which a criterion for refining the destination specifying objects from the pre-extraction group object is abstracted are displayed on the screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects a touch on the key object and a movement instruction thereof in a touched state,

the control unit calculates a relevance ratio of each of the destination specifying objects in the pre-extraction group object to the key object, and extracts a destination specifying object that satisfies a range of the calculated relevance ratio from among the destination specifying objects in the pre-extraction group object.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a display unit for displaying an image;

an input detector for detecting an input instruction input by touching an area where the image is displayed by the display unit; and

a control unit for providing control based on the input instruction detected by the input detector and for providing control for an image to be displayed on the display unit, wherein,

when a pre-extraction group object containing a plurality of item objects is displayed on a screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects an input of a predetermined instruction to refine the pre-extraction group object,

the control unit extracts a group of item objects that match a refinement criterion in the input instruction, and displays the group as a post-extraction group object on the screen of the display unit.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein,

when a group object containing a plurality of item objects and a key object being a criterion for refining the item objects from the group object are displayed on the screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects a touch on the key object and a movement instruction thereof in the touched state,

the control unit calculates a relevance ratio of each of the item objects in the group object to the key object, causes the input detector to detect a movement amount of the key object, calculates a range of the relevance ratio of an item object to be extracted based on the movement amount of the key object, and extracts an item object that satisfies the calculated range of the relevance ratio from among the item objects in the group object.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein,

when a group object containing a plurality of item objects, a key object in which a criterion for refining the item objects from the group object is abstracted, and a key box object capable of containing a plurality of the key objects are displayed on the screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects a touch on the key box object and a movement instruction thereof in a touched state,

the control unit determines a result of logical operation performed on the key object contained in the key box object, calculates a relevance ratio of each of the item objects in the group object to the result of the logical operation, extracts an item object that satisfies a range of the calculated relevance ratio from among the item objects in the group object, and displays the extracted item object on the screen of the display unit.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein,

when the input detector detects a predetermined first input operation to the key box object,

the control unit provides control so that setting of logical operation to be performed on the key objects contained in the key box object is changed from a currently set operation expression to any other operation expression.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein,

when the input detector detects a predetermined second input operation to the key box object,

the control unit provides control so as to cause the display unit to display the key objects contained in the key box object on the screen, and to delete, when it is detected that any one of the displayed key objects is selected, the selected key object from the key box object.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein,

when the key object is displayed on the screen by the display unit, and when the input detector detects movement of the key object into a display area of the key box object,

the control unit provides control so as to contain the key object in the key box object.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit provides control so that the input detector detects a movement amount of the key box object, and a range of the relevance ratio of an item object to be extracted is calculated based on the movement amount of the key box object.

13. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the control unit sets a group of extracted item objects as a new group object.

14. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display the item objects contained in the group object, and to display the extracted item objects near the key object.

15. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the control unit fluctuates a range of the relevance ratio to be calculated according to a distance between the key object and the group object, extracts an item object including an item object with a lower relevance ratio as the distance is smaller, and extracts only an item object with a higher relevance ratio as the distance is larger.

16. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the control unit calculates a range of the relevance ratio of an item object to be extracted according to a movement distance of the key object within a display area of the group object, extracts an item object including an item object with a lower relevance ratio as the movement distance is longer, and extracts only an item object with a higher relevance ratio as the movement distance is shorter.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein

when the key object is selected and an item object is extracted based on the range of the relevance ratio at the time of the selection, and when the input detector detects a tap on the key object,

the control unit makes the range of the relevance ratio of the item object to be extracted narrower than that before the tap occurs.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the control unit makes the range of the relevance ratio of the item object to be extracted narrower with a longer tapping time.

19. The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein the control unit makes the range of the relevance ratio of the item object to be extracted narrower with a larger number of tapping times.

20. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the control unit does not extract the item object in a period from entering of the key object into the display area of the group object to elapse of a preset time.

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