Data processing device, data processing method, data processing program, and computer-readable recording medium which records program

• US 8,963,873 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Takeda, Seiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharifi-Tafreshi, Koosha
• Application Number:
  US14/131,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20140146022A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/163, 345/173, 345/174, 345/175, 345/176, 345/179, 175/810, 175/812, 175/813, 175/823, 175/863, 175/835, 175/845
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 data processing device includes an acquisition unit that, when, upon sequential instruction inputs by a user, an operation of enclosing an object displayed on a display screen with a trajectory of position information indicated by the instruction inputs is performed, acquires position information representing positions indicated by those instruction inputs, a recognition unit that recognizes the object as a selected object and further recognizes the direction of selection in which the selected object is enclosed, a determination unit that determines processing in accordance with the direction of selection, and an execution unit that executes the determined processing on the selected object. Processing desired by a user can be thereby made by simple instruction inputs such as selection of the direction of enclosing an object with a trajectory of a set of position information, and the selected processing can be executed on the selected object.

Claims

1. A data processing device including a display unit configured to display an image including an identification image identifying data to be processed in an image display area on a display screen and an input unit configured to receive an instruction input indicating a position on the display screen, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position of an instruction input received by the input unit;

a recognition unit configured to specify an enclosed region in the image display area based on a trajectory indicated by a set of position information acquired by the acquisition unit according to sequential instruction inputs through the input unit, and when an identification image identifying data to be processed is included in the enclosed region, recognize the identification image as a selected identification image and recognize a direction the selected identification image is enclosed by the trajectory of the set of position information as a direction of selection;

a determination unit configured to determine processing to be executed on the data to be processed in accordance with the direction of selection recognized by the recognition unit; and

an execution unit configured to execute the processing determined by the determination unit on the data to be processed, wherein

the identification image is a representative image representing the data to be processed on the display and is different from the data to be processed itself,

the recognition unit recognizes which of a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction the direction of selection is,

the determination unit determines to execute first processing on the data to be processed when the selected identification image is enclosed in the first direction by the trajectory of the set of position information and execute second processing different from the first processing on the data to be processed when the selected identification image is enclosed in the second direction by the trajectory of the set of position information,

the first processing is processing of changing the data to be processed from a first state to a second state,

the second processing is processing of changing the data to be processed from the second state to the first state, and

the display unit is further configured to display, on a part of the display screen, a result of the executed processing.

6. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the first processing is processing of encrypting the data to be processed, and

the second processing is processing of decrypting the data to be processed.

7. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the first processing is processing of compressing the data to be processed, and

the second processing is processing of decompressing the data to be processed.

2. A data processing device including a display unit configured to display an image including an identification image identifying data to be processed in an image display area on a display screen and an input unit configured to receive an instruction input indicating a position on the display screen, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position of an instruction input received by the input unit;

a recognition unit configured to specify an enclosed region in the image display area based on a trajectory indicated by a set of position information acquired by the acquisition unit according to sequential instruction inputs through the input unit, and when an identification image identifying data to be processed is included in the enclosed region, recognize the identification image as a selected identification image and recognize a direction the selected identification image is enclosed by the trajectory of the set of position information as a direction of selection;

a determination unit configured to determine processing to be executed on the data to be processed in accordance with the direction of selection recognized by the recognition unit; and

an execution unit configured to execute the processing determined by the determination unit on the data to be processed, wherein

the identification image is a representative image representing the data to be processed on the display and is different from the data to be processed itself,

the recognition unit further recognizes a number of times the selected identification image is enclosed by the trajectory of the set of position information as a number of selections,

the determination unit determines processing to be executed on the data to be processed in accordance with the direction of selection and the number of selections recognized by the recognition unit,

the processing to be executed on the data to be processed is processing of changing the data to be processed from a first state to a second state, and

the display unit is further configured to display, on a part of the display screen, a result of the executed processing.

3. The data processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the recognition unit recognizes which of a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction the direction of selection is,

the first processing is processing of changing the data to be processed from an unselected state to a selected state in a quantity corresponding to the number of selections in the first direction, and

the second processing is processing of changing the data to be processed from a selected state to an unselected state in a quantity corresponding to the number of selections in the second direction.

4. The data processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the recognition unit recognizes which of a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction the direction of selection is,

the first processing is processing of increasing a level of weights on the data to be processed by a level corresponding to the number of selections in the first direction, and

the second processing is processing of decreasing a level of weights on the data to be processed by a level corresponding to the number of selections in the second direction.

5. The data processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the recognition unit recognizes a number of times obtained by subtracting, from the number of times the selected identification image is enclosed in one direction by the trajectory of the set of position information, the number of times the selected object is enclosed in an opposite direction to the one direction as the number of selections in the one direction.

8. A data processing method in a data processing device, including at least one processor, a display unit configured to display an image including an identification image identifying data to be processed in an image display area on a display screen and an input unit configured to receive an instruction input indicating a position on the display screen, the method comprising:

acquiring, using said at least one processor, position information indicating a position of an instruction input received by the input unit;

specifying, using said at least one processor, an enclosed region in the image display area based on a trajectory indicated by a set of acquired position information according to sequential instruction inputs through the input unit, and when an identification image identifying data to be processed is included in the enclosed region, recognizing, using said at least one processor, the identification image as a selected identification image and recognizing a direction in which the selected identification image is enclosed by the trajectory of the set of position information as a direction of selection;

determining, using said at least one processor, processing to be executed on the data to be processed in accordance with the recognized direction of selection; and

executing, using said at least one processor, the determined processing on the data to be processed, wherein

the identification image is a representative image representing the data to be processed on the display and is different from the data to be processed itself,

the recognizing recognizes which of a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction the direction of selection is,

the determining determines to execute first processing on the data to be processed when the selected identification image is enclosed in the first direction by the trajectory of the set of position information and execute second processing different from the first processing on the data to be processed when the selected identification image is enclosed in the second direction by the trajectory of the set of position information,

the first processing is processing of changing the data to be processed from a first state to a second state,

the second processing is processing of changing the data to be processed from the second state to the first state, and

the display unit is further configured to display, on a part of the display screen, a result of the executed processing.

9. A data processing method in a data processing device, including at least one processor, a display unit configured to display an image including an identification image identifying data to be processed in an image display area on a display screen and an input unit configured to receive an instruction input indicating a position on the display screen, the method comprising:

acquiring, using said at least one processor, position information indicating a position of an instruction input received by the input unit;

specifying, using said at least one processor, an enclosed region in the image display area based on a trajectory indicated by a set of acquired position information according to sequential instruction inputs through the input unit, and when an identification image identifying data to be processed is included in the enclosed region, recognizing, using said at least one processor, the identification image as a selected identification image and recognizing a direction in which the selected identification image is enclosed by the trajectory of the set of position information as a direction of selection;

determining, using said at least one processor, processing to be executed on the data to be processed in accordance with the recognized direction of selection; and

executing, using said at least one processor, the determined processing on the data to be processed, wherein

the identification image is a representative image representing the data to be processed on the display and is different from the data to be processed itself,

the recognizing further recognizes a number of times the selected identification image is enclosed by the trajectory of the set of position information as a number of selections,

the determining determines processing to be executed on the data to be processed in accordance with the direction of selection and the recognized number of selections,

the processing to be executed on the data to be processed is processing of changing the data to be processed from a first state to a second state, and

the display unit is further configured to display, on a part of the display screen, a result of the executed processing.