TERMINAL PROCESS SELECTION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130047110A1
• Filed: 05/13/2011
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Shimizu, Kazuto
• Application Number:
  US13/695,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20130047110A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal in which a predetermined process performed to an item can be selected even when a user does not correctly drop the item in the desired region.

A terminal 10 according to the present invention includes a process table 60 in which a predetermined process content is registered, display means 20 in which the item is displayed, input means 30 which detects a drag-and-drop operation to the item, operation determination means 40 which determines whether or not a predetermined operation is included in the drag-and-drop operation when the drag-and-drop operation is detected, and process selection means 50 which selects the predetermined process content from the process table 60 when it is determined that the predetermined operation is included and selects a drag-and-drop process when it is determined that the predetermined operation is not included.

Claims

1. A terminal comprising:

a process table in which a predetermined process content is registered;

display means in which an item is displayed;

input means which detects a drag-and-drop operation to the item;

operation determination means which determines whether or not a predetermined operation is included in the drag-and-drop operation when the drag-and-drop operation is detected; and

process selection means which selects the predetermined process content from the process table when it is determined that the predetermined operation is included and selects a drag-and-drop process to the item when it is determined that the predetermined operation is not included.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation is either a drag operation performed at a moving speed greater than a predetermined threshold value or a drop operation performed after the drag operation in a predetermined direction.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined process includes at least one of a process of controlling an execution state of the item and a process of controlling a storage state of the item.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 further comprising:

moving speed calculation means which calculates a moving speed of the drag and

moving direction detection means which detects a moving direction of the drag;

wherein a plurality of process contents that are associated with the moving speed and the moving direction are registered in the process table, and

wherein the process selection means selects the process content corresponding to the calculated moving speed and the detected moving direction from the process table.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 further comprising:

region determination means which determines whether or not a drop position is outside a predetermined region;

wherein the process selection means selects the predetermined process content from the process table when it is determined that the predetermined operation is included and it is determined that the drop position is outside the predetermined region.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 further comprising:

position correction means which corrects the drop position according to the state of the drop;

wherein the region determination means determines whether or not the corrected drop position is outside the predetermined region.

7. A process selection method using a terminal which comprises display means and a process table in which a predetermined process content is registered, the process selection method comprising:

displaying an item in the display means;

detecting a drag-and-drop operation to the item;

determining whether or not a predetermined operation is included in the drag-and-drop operation when the drag-and-drop operation is detected; and

selecting a predetermined process content from the process table when it is determined that the predetermined operation is included and selecting a process for moving the item to the drop position when it is determined that the predetermined operation is not included.

8. (canceled)

9. A computer-readable recording medium storing a control program which causes a computer of a terminal including display means and a process table in which a predetermined process content is registered to perform:

a procedure for displaying an item in the display means,

a procedure for detecting a drag-and-drop operation to the item,

a procedure for determining whether or not a predetermined operation is included in the drag-and-drop operation when the drag-and-drop operation is detected, and

a procedure for selecting a predetermined process content from the process table when it is determined that the predetermined operation is included and selecting a process of moving the item to the drop position when it is determined that the predetermined operation is not included.