Information display device, moving distance display method and moving distance display program

• US 8,786,640 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2010
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ide, Akiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US13/147,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20120038680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,632 Days
• Field of Search: 345/684, 715/776
• US Class Current: 345/684
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038

Abstract

Information display means displays information. Movement instruction detecting means detects an instruction to move the information displayed on the information display means. Number of moving regions calculating means calculates, based on the instruction, the number of moving regions, which is the amount of movement of the present invention displayed on the information display means. Movement indicator line determination means determines a movement indicator line, which is a predetermined line, according to the number of moving regions from a reference position that is used as reference when the information displayed on the information display means is moved. Movement display means displays the movement indicator line determined by the movement indicator line determination means on the information display means.

Claims

1. An information display device, comprising:

an information display unit, configured to display information;

a movement instruction detecting unit configured to detect an instruction to move information displayed on the information display unit;

a number of moving regions calculating unit adapted to calculate the number, of moving regions, which is an amount of movement of the information displayed on the information display unit based on the instruction;

a movement indicator line determination unit configured to determine a movement indicator line which is a predetermined line, in accordance with the number of moving regions, from a reference position used as a reference when moving the information displayed on the information display unit;

a movement display unit configured to display the movement indicator line, determined by the movement indicator line determination unit, on the information display unit; and

a shape determination unit configured to determine a line surrounding a reduced region of the display region as the shape of the movement indicator line,

wherein the movement display unit is further configured to display the movement indicator line, determined by the movement indicator line determination unit, in accordance with the shape determined by the shape determination unit.

2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the shape determination unit determines the shape of the movement indicator line whose shape is the same as the display region, and

the movement display unit displays the movement indicator line determined by the movement indicator line determination unit in accordance with the shape determined by the shape determination unit.

3. The information display device according to claim 1, further comprising a screen region recognition unit which recognizes a selected region which is a region selected from a plurality of regions displayed on the information display unit,

wherein the movement instruction detecting unit detects an instruction for moving the information displayed in the selected region,

wherein the number of moving regions calculating unit calculates the number of moving regions of the information displayed in the selected region in accordance with the instruction, and

wherein the movement display unit displays the movement indicator line determined by the movement indicator line determination unit in the selected region.

4. The information display device according to claim 1, further comprising a movement indicator line storage unit which stores the number of moving regions and the type of movement indicator lines in a correlated manner,

wherein the movement indicator line determination unit selects and determines a movement indicator line from movement indicator lines indicated by the type stored in the movement indicator line storage unit in accordance with the number of moving regions from the reference position.

5. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the movement indicator line determination unit determines a movement indicator line based on a combination of a first movement indicator line determined in accordance with the first number of moving regions and a second movement indicator line determined in accordance with a second number of moving regions.

6. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the movement instruction detecting unit detects the instruction for moving the information displayed on the information display unit based on a key input.

7. The information display device according to claim 6,

wherein the movement instruction detecting unit detects the instruction for moving the information displayed on the information display unit based on the key input using a mobile device.

8. The information display device according to claim 6, wherein the movement instruction detecting unit detects the instruction for moving the information displayed on the information display unit based on the key input using a remote control unit.

9. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the movement instruction detecting unit detects the instruction for moving the information displayed on the information display unit based on an input using a mouse.

10. The information display device according to claim 1, further comprising a detection unit disposed on the information display unit, adapted to detect contact and operation by fingers,

wherein the movement instruction detecting unit detects the instruction for moving the information displayed on the information display unit as a consequence of the detection unit detecting contact and operation by fingers.

11. A moving distance display method comprising:

detecting an instruction for moving information displayed on information display unit for displaying information;

calculating the number of moving regions which is an amount of movement of the information displayed on the information display unit based on the instruction;

determining a movement indicator line which is a predetermined line in accordance with the number of moving regions from a reference position used as a reference when moving the information displayed on the information display unit;

determining a line surrounding a reduced region of the display region as the shape of the movement indicator line; and

displaying the movement indicator line on the information display unit in accordance with the determined shape;

wherein at least one of the detecting, the calculating, the determining, and the displaying is performed using a microprocessor.

12. The moving distance display method according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining the shape of the movement indicator line whose shape is the same as the display region; and

displaying the movement indicator line on the information display unit in accordance with the determined shape.

13. The moving distance display method according to claim 11, further comprising:

recognizing a selected region which is a region selected from a plurality of regions displayed on the information display unit;

detecting an instruction for moving information displayed in the selected region;

calculating the number of moving regions of the information displayed in the selected region in accordance with the instruction; and

displaying the movement indicator line in the selected region.

14. The moving distance display method according to claim 11, further comprising selecting and determining the movement indicator line from movement indicator lines indicated by a type stored in movement indicator line storage unit for storing the number of moving regions from the reference position and the type of movement indicator lines in a correlated manner in accordance with the number of moving regions from the reference position.

15. The moving distance display method according to claim 11, further comprising determining a movement indicator line based on a combination of a first movement indicator line determined in accordance with a first number of moving regions and a second movement indicator line determined in accordance with a second number of moving regions.

16. A non-transitory computer readable information recording medium storing a moving distance display program that, when executed by a processor, performs a operations comprising

detecting an instruction for moving information displayed on information display unit for displaying information;

calculating the number of moving regions which is an amount of movement of information displayed on the information display unit based on the instruction;

determining a movement indicator line which is a predetermined line in accordance with the number of moving regions from a reference position used as a reference when moving the information displayed on the information display unit;

determining a line surrounding a reduced region of the display region as the shape of the movement indicator line; and

displaying the movement indicator line determined on the information display unit in accordance with the determined shape.

17. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium according to claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining the shape of the movement indicator line whose shape is the same as the display region; and

displaying the movement indicator line on the information display unit in accordance with the determined shape.

18. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium according to claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

recognizing a selected region which is a region selected from a plurality of regions displayed on the information display unit;

detecting an instruction for moving information displayed in the selected region;

calculating the number of moving regions of the information displayed in the selected region in accordance with the instruction; and

displaying the movement indicator line in the selected region.

19. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium according to claim 16, werein the operations further comprise selecting and determining the movement indicator line from movement indicator lines indicated by a type stored in movement indicator line storage unit for storing the number of moving regions from the reference position and the type of movement indicator lines in a correlated manner in accordance with the number of moving regions from the reference position.

20. The non-transitory computer readable information recording medium according to claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise determining a movement indicator line based on a combination of a first movement indicator line determined in accordance with a first number of moving regions and a second movement indicator line determined in accordance with a second number of moving regions.