OBJECT OPERATION SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH OBJECT OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND OBJECT OPERATION CONTROL METHOD

• US 20150205483A1
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: TAKAMURA, Shunsuke, OGINO, Shinya, TAKEUCHI, Kazuma, TSUBOTANI, Ikuko
• Application Number:
  US14/598,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205483A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0425 using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An object operation system includes: a display unit which displays an object on a screen; an operation unit which receives a touch operation on the screen; and a control unit which controls the display unit and the operation unit, wherein when a touch operation for touching a plurality of points on the screen at a time is performed, the control unit determines whether the touch operation is a touch operation performed with both hands or a touch operation performed with a single hand, and carries out an operation on an object in accordance with a rule which is defined differently in advance in accordance with a determination result of the touch operation.

Claims

1. An object operation system comprising:

a display unit which displays an object on a screen;

an operation unit which receives a touch operation on the screen; and

a control unit controls the display unit and the operation unit,

wherein when a touch operation for touching a plurality of points on the screen at a time is performed, the control unit determines whether the touch operation is a touch operation performed with both hands or a touch operation performed with a single hand, and carries out an operation on an object in accordance with a rule which is defined differently in advance in accordance with a determination result of the touch operation.

2. The object operation system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selects, as an operation target, any one of an element including one or more objects or a group including the element and at least another object displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

3. The object operation system according to claim 2, wherein in a case where an element is selected by touching two points on the screen, the control unit performs control as follows:

when the control unit determines that the touch operation with both hands is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing the element in accordance with a change of a touch interval between the two points, and when the control unit determines that the touch operation with a single hand is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing the group in accordance with a change of a touch interval.

4. The object operation system according to claim 2, wherein the control unit changes an operation content performed on the operation target in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

5. The object operation system according to claim 4, wherein in a case where two elements are selected by touching two points on the screen, the control unit performs control as follows:

when the control unit determines that the touch operation with both hands is performed, the control unit performs operation for moving the two elements in accordance with a change of touch positions of the two points, and when the control unit determines that the touch operation with a single hand is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing the group in accordance with a change of a touch interval between the two points.

6. The object operation system according to claim 4, wherein in a case where the element and the group are selected by touching two points on the screen, the control unit performs control as follows:

when the control unit determines that the touch operation with both hands is performed, the control unit performs operation for moving the element in accordance with a change of a touch position of one of them, and moving the group other than the element in accordance with a change of a touch position of the other of them, and when the control unit determines that the touch operation with a single hand is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing the group in accordance with a change of a touch interval between the two points.

7. The object operation system according to claim 1, wherein when a window is displayed on the screen, and a sub-window is displayed in the window and an object is displayed in the sub-window, then the control unit selects, as an operation target, any one of the sub-window or the window including the sub-window displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

8. The object operation system according to claim 7, wherein in a case where the sub-window is selected by touching two points on the screen, the control unit performs control as follows:

when the control unit determines that the touch operation with both hands is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing a display size inside of the sub-window in accordance with a change of a touch interval between the two points, and when the control unit determines that the touch operation with a single hand is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing a display size of the entire sub-window in accordance with a change of a touch interval between the two points.

9. The object operation system according to claim 1, wherein when a window is displayed on the screen and an object is displayed in the window, the control unit selects, as an operation target, any one of the object or the window displaying the object displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

10. The object operation system according to claim 9, wherein in a case where an object is selected by touching two points on the screen, the control unit performs control as follows:

when the control unit determines that the touch operation with both hands is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing the object in accordance with a change of a touch interval between the two points, and when the control unit determines that the touch operation with a single hand is performed, the control unit performs operation for enlarging/reducing a display size inside of the window or a display size of the entire window in accordance with a change of a touch interval between the two points.

11. The object operation system according to claim 9, wherein in a case where two objects are selected by touching two points on the screen, the control unit performs control as follows:

when the control unit determines that the touch operation with both hands is performed, the control unit performs operation for moving the two objects in accordance with a change of touch positions of the two points, and when the control unit determines that the touch operation with a single hand is performed, the control unit performs operation for moving display positions of all the objects in the window or a display position of the window in the screen in accordance with a change of touch positions of the two points.

12. The object operation system according to claim 1 further comprising a detection unit which captures an image of a hand with which a touch operation is performed,

wherein when the touch operation is performed, the control unit determines whether the touch operation is a touch operation performed with both hands or a touch operation performed with a single hand, on the basis of the image of the hand of which image has been captured by the detection unit.

13. A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable object operation control program operating on an apparatus for controlling a touch panel, including a display unit which displays an object on a screen and an operation unit which receives a touch operation on the screen,

wherein the object operation control program causes the apparatus to execute:

first processing for, when a touch operation for touching a plurality of points on the screen at a time is performed, determining whether the touch operation is a touch operation performed with both hands or a touch operation performed with a single hand; and

second processing for carrying out an operation on an object in accordance with a rule which is defined differently in advance in accordance with a determination result of the touch operation.

14. The non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable object operation control program according to claim 13, wherein in the second processing, any one of an element including one or more objects or a group including the element and at least another object displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen is selected as an operation target in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

15. The non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable object operation control program according to claim 13, wherein in the second processing, an operation content performed on the operation target is changed in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

16. The non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable object operation control program according to claim 13, wherein in the second processing, when a window is displayed on the screen, and a sub-window is displayed in the window and an object is displayed in the sub-window, then any one of the sub-window or the window including the sub-window displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen is selected as an operation target in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

17. The non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable object operation control program according to claim 13, wherein in the second processing, when a window is displayed on the screen and an object is displayed in the window, any one of the object or the window displaying the object displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen is selected as an operation target in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

18. The non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable object operation control program according to claim 13, wherein the touch panel further includes a detection unit which captures an image of a hand with which a touch operation is performed, and

in the first processing, when the touch operation is performed, a determination is made as to whether the touch operation is a touch operation performed with both hands or a touch operation performed with a single hand, on the basis of the image of the hand of which image has been captured by the detection unit.

19. An object operation control method for a system including a display unit which displays an object on a screen, an operation unit which receives a touch operation on the screen, and a control unit which controls the display unit and the operation unit,

wherein the control unit executes:

first processing for, when a touch operation for touching a plurality of points on the screen at a time is performed, determining whether the touch operation is a touch operation performed with both hands or a touch operation performed with a single hand; and

second processing for carrying out an operation on an object in accordance with a rule which is defined differently in advance in accordance with a determination result of the touch operation.

20. The object operation control method according to claim 19, wherein in the second processing, any one of an element including one or more objects or a group including the element and at least another object displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen is selected as an operation target in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

21. The object operation control method according to claim 19, wherein in the second processing, an operation content performed on the operation target is changed in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

22. The object operation control method according to claim 19, wherein in the second processing, when a window is displayed on the screen, and a sub-window is displayed in the window and an object is displayed in the sub-window, then any one of the sub-window or the window including the sub-window displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen is selected as an operation target in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

23. The object operation control method according to claim 19, wherein in the second processing, when a window is displayed on the screen and an object is displayed in the window, any one of the object or the window displaying the object displayed in an area corresponding to a touch position on the screen is selected as an operation target in accordance with the determination result of the touch operation.

24. The object operation control method according to claim 19, wherein the system further includes a detection unit which captures an image of a hand with which a touch operation is performed, and

in the first processing, when the touch operation is performed, a determination is made as to whether the touch operation is a touch operation performed with both hands or a touch operation performed with a single hand, on the basis of the image of the hand of which image has been captured by the detection unit.