Display input device

• US 8,963,849 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2009
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Shimotani, Mitsuo, Matsubara, Tsutomu, Sadahiro, Takashi, Ohta, Masako, Okano, Yuichi, Sempuku, Tsuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDULSELAM, ABBAS I
• Application Number:
  US13/062,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20110164063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 715/769, 345/173, 345/661, 345/676, 178/18.01
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A display input device is comprised of a touch panel 1 for carrying out a display of information and an input of information, a proximity sensor 12 for detecting a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to the touch panel 1 in a noncontact manner, and a control unit 3 for, when the proximity sensor 12 detects an approach of the object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from the touch panel 1, moving a specific display object displayed on the touch panel 1 close to a stop position of the object to be detected to display the specific display object.

Claims

1. A display input device comprising:

a touch panel that carries out a display of information and an input of information;

a proximity sensor that detects a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to said touch panel; and

a controller that, when said proximity sensor detects an approach of said object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from said touch panel, moves a specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to a stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object,

wherein said display object has attribution information showing that said movement is possible, and said controller moves the specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to the stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object with reference to said attribution information.

2. A display input device comprising:

a touch panel that carries out a display of information and an input of information;

a proximity sensor that detects a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to said touch panel; and

a controller that, when said proximity sensor detects an approach of said object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from said touch panel, moves a specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to a stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object,

wherein the stop position corresponds to a position of the object to be detected relative to the touch panel at such time as the object to be detected is detected as coming within the predetermined distance from the touch panel,

wherein when moving said display object close to the stop position of said object to be detected at a predetermined speed to display said display object, said controller rearranges and displays said display object in such a way that said display object does not overlap any other display object.

3. A display input device comprising:

a touch panel that carries out a display of information and an input of information;

a proximity sensor that detects a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to said touch panel; and

a controller that, when said proximity sensor detects an approach of said object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from said touch panel, moves a specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to a stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object,

wherein the stop position corresponds to a position of the object to be detected relative to the touch panel at such time as the object to be detected is detected as coming within the predetermined distance from the touch panel,

wherein said controller carries out a process of enlarging said display object to display said display object according to a distance between said object to be detected and said touch panel.

4. A display input device comprising:

a touch panel that carries out a display of information and an input of information;

a proximity sensor that detects a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to said touch panel; and

a controller that, when said proximity sensor detects an approach of said object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from said touch panel, moves a specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to a stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object,

wherein the stop position corresponds to a position of the object to be detected relative to the touch panel at such time as the object to be detected is detected as coming within the predetermined distance from the touch panel,

wherein said display object has attribution information showing that said movement is possible and said attribution information includes information specifying a display pattern of said display object, and when said proximity sensor detects that said object to be detected is positioned in a left half of said touch panel, said controller moves said display object close to the stop position of said object to be detected to display said display object according to said attribution information and on a basis of a first pattern, whereas when said proximity sensor detects that said object to be detected is positioned in a right half of said touch panel, said controller moves said display object close to the stop position of said object to be detected to display said display object according to said attribution information and on a basis of a second pattern.

5. A display input device comprising:

a touch panel that carries out a display of information and an input of information;

a proximity sensor that detects a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to said touch panel; and

a controller that, when said proximity sensor detects an approach of said object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from said touch panel, moves a specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to a stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object,

wherein the stop position corresponds to a position of the object to be detected relative to the touch panel at such time as the object to be detected is detected as coming within the predetermined distance from the touch panel,

wherein said display object has attribution information showing that said movement is possible, said display input device has an operator detector that detects whether either a driver or a passenger on a front seat operates said display input device, and said attribution information includes information specifying a display pattern of said display object, and wherein when said operator detector determines that said driver operates said display input device, said controller displays said display object according to a display pattern suitable for operations by said passenger on a driver'"'"'s seat, whereas when said operator detector determines that said passenger on the front seat operates said display input device, said controller displays said display object according to a display pattern suitable for operations by said passenger on the front seat.

6. The display input device according to claim 5, wherein when said operator detector determines that said driver operates said display input device and when said operator detector determines that said passenger on the front seat operates said display input device, said controller selects said display object which is to be moved close to the stop position of said object to be detected according to the attribute shown by said attribution information.

7. A display input device comprising:

a touch panel that carries out a display of information and an input of information;

a proximity sensor that detects a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to said touch panel; and

a controller that, when said proximity sensor detects an approach of said object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from said touch panel, moves a specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to a stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object,

wherein said controller moves said display object close to the stop position of said object to be detected according to a speed dependent upon a distance between said touch panel and said object to be detected which is detected by said proximity sensor to display said display object.

8. The display input device according to claim 7, wherein said controller changes the speed at which said controller moves said display object to display said display object according to the attribution information about said display object.

9. The display input device according to claim 7, wherein said controller changes the speed at which said controller moves said display object to display said display object, the speed being determined according to the distance between said touch panel and said object to be detected, according to a user setting inputted via said touch panel.

10. A display input device comprising:

a touch panel that carries out a display of information and an input of information;

a proximity sensor that detects a movement of an object to be detected which is positioned opposite to said touch panel; and

a controller that, when said proximity sensor detects an approach of said object to be detected to within a predetermined distance from said touch panel, moves a specific display object displayed on said touch panel close to a stop position of said object to be detected to display said specific display object,

wherein the stop position corresponds to a position of the object to be detected relative to the touch panel at such time as the object to be detected is detected as coming within the predetermined distance from the touch panel,

wherein said display input device has a speed sensor that detects a running state of a vehicle, and when said speed sensor detects that said vehicle is running, said controller moves said display object which is preselected close to the stop position of said object to be detected at a predetermined speed to display said display object.

11. The display input device according to claim 10, wherein said proximity sensor detects whether said object to be detected approaches said touch panel from either a direction of a driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle or a direction of a front seat of the vehicle, and when said proximity sensor determines that said object to be detected approaches said touch panel from the direction of said front seat of the vehicle, said controller moves said display object which is preselected close to the stop position of said object to be detected to display said display object.