Portable information terminal
First Claim
1. A portable information terminal comprising:
- a document file acquiring unit configured to acquire a document file including a plurality of Links;
a rendering unit configured to determine a layout of the document file;
a display unit configured to display the document file in accordance with the determined layout;
a touch panel provided over the display unit configured to detect a position touched by a controlling object;
a detection area setting unit configured to set an object detection area in association with each link of the plurality of links;
a matching unit configured to match the position detected by the touch panel against the object detection area so as to determine which object detection area is selected; and
an access executing unit configured to access a resource identified by the link associated with the selected object detection area,wherein the object detection area is different than an area in which the associated link is displayed, andwherein the object detection area is arranged to be at least partially superposed on the area in which the associated link is displayed and to be spaced apart from an adjacent object detection area by a predefined minimum distance, without modifying the layout of the document file.
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Abstract
A contact position detecting unit 122 detects the position on the touch panel touched by a controlling object. A rendering unit 104 determines the layout of a document file including a link and display the document in the layout thus determined. A link position specifying unit 106 specifies the position of the link in the screen. A detection area setting unit 114 sets an object detection area for determination that the link is selected by the user as a result of contact with the controlling object associated one-to-one with the link, such that the object detection area occupies a range different from that of the link and is spaced apart from an adjacent object detection area by a predefined minimum distance, that the display mode of the link is maintained, and that the object detection area is superposed on the link. A matching unit 130 matches the position on the touch panel touched by the controlling object against the range occupied by the object detection area so as to determine which object detection area is selected.
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24 Claims
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1. A portable information terminal comprising:
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a document file acquiring unit configured to acquire a document file including a plurality of Links; a rendering unit configured to determine a layout of the document file; a display unit configured to display the document file in accordance with the determined layout; a touch panel provided over the display unit configured to detect a position touched by a controlling object; a detection area setting unit configured to set an object detection area in association with each link of the plurality of links; a matching unit configured to match the position detected by the touch panel against the object detection area so as to determine which object detection area is selected; and an access executing unit configured to access a resource identified by the link associated with the selected object detection area, wherein the object detection area is different than an area in which the associated link is displayed, and wherein the object detection area is arranged to be at least partially superposed on the area in which the associated link is displayed and to be spaced apart from an adjacent object detection area by a predefined minimum distance, without modifying the layout of the document file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program embedded in a recoding medium and operated on a portable information terminal provided with a touch panel provided over a display, the program comprising:
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a document file acquiring module configured to acquire a document file including a plurality of links; a rendering module configured to determine a layout of the document file; a display module configured to display the document file in accordance with the determined layout; a contact position detecting module configured to detect a position on the touch panel touched by a controlling object; a detection area setting module configured to set an object detection area in association with each link of the plurality of links; a matching module configured to match the position detected by the contact position detecting module against the object detection area so as to determine which object detection area is selected; and an access executing module configured to access a resource identified by the link associated with the selected object detection area, wherein the object detection area is different than an area in which the associated link is displayed, and wherein the object detection area is arranged to be at least partially superposed on the area in which the associated link is displayed and to be spaced apart from an adjacent object detection area by a predefined minimum distance, without modifying the layout of the document file. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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