Form input/output apparatus, form input/output method, and program

• US 9,791,995 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PFU Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: PFU Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Dojo, Go, Hayashi, Tomohiro, Mizuno, Yusuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Anil N
• Application Number:
  US14/040,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096074A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,481 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

In an embodiment of the present invention, region definition data, which defines a touch region, is stored such that the touch region is associated with a display region that is displayed, as an input item to which a touch input can be made, on a display unit, the touch region being a region in which it is recognized that a touch input is made to the input item, the touch region is dynamically changed in accordance with a priority of the input item, control is performed such that at least the input item is displayed on the display unit and a touch input is made to the input item via a touch input unit by a user, and, when a position to which a touch input is made is within the changed touch region, it is determined that an input is made to the input item.

Claims

1. A form input/output apparatus that includes at least a touch panel, a display, a storage, and a processor, wherein:

the storage stores region definition data that defines a touch region such that the touch region is associated with a display region that is displayed, as an input item of a form to which a touch input is capable of being made, on the display, the touch region being a region capable to recognize that a touch input is made to the input item;

the processor is configured to;

dynamically change the touch region in accordance with a priority of the input item,

perform control such that at least the input item is displayed on the display and a touch input is made to the input item via the touch panel by a user,

when a position to which a touch input is made by the processor is within the touch region that is changed by the processor, determine that an input is made to the input item, and

set a priority of an input item to which an input has not been made to be higher than a priority of an input item to which an input has already been made;

content displayed by the display region prior to the change of the touch region and content displayed by the display region after the input made to the input item are different from each other;

when a long press, which is a predetermine operation, is performed on the touch region, the processor enlarges and displays the display region; and

the input item includes a check box or a radio button.

2. The form input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the priority is high, the processor enlarges the touch region.

3. The form input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor increases a priority in accordance with an input item order.

4. The form input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor activates the touch region of the input item that is in a state where the touch region is not present in accordance with a predefined input order in which an input is made to the input item.

5. The form input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor detects a region corresponding to the input item and sets detected region as the touch region.

6. The form input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when an input is made to the input item by a preset input method, the processor determines that an input is made to the input item.

7. A form input/output method performed by a form input/output apparatus that includes at least a touch panel, a display, a storage, and a processor, wherein:

the storage stores region definition data that defines a touch region such that the touch region is associated with a display region that is displayed, as an input item of a form to which a touch input is capable of being made, on the display, the touch region being a region capable to recognize that a touch input is made to the input item;

the method includes

a touch region changing step of dynamically changing the touch region in accordance with a priority of the input item,

a touch input controlling step of performing control such that at least the input item is displayed on the display and a touch input is made to the input item via the touch panel by a user,

an input determining step of, when a position to which a touch input is made in the touch input controlling step is within the touch region that is changed in the touch region changing step, determining that an input is made to the input item,

a priority setting step of setting a priority of an input item to which an input has not been made to be higher than a priority of an input item to which an input has already been made, and

an enlarging step of, when a long press, which is a predetermine operation, is performed on the touch region, enlarging and displaying the display region;

the touch region changing step, the touch input controlling step, and the input determining step are performed by the processor;

content displayed by the display region prior to the change of the touch region and content displayed by the display region after the input made to the input item are different from each other; and

the input item includes a check box or a radio button.

8. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that is executed by a form input/output apparatus that includes at least a touch panel, a display, a storage, and a processor, wherein:

the storage stores region definition data that defines a touch region such that the touch region is associated with a display region that is displayed, as an input item of a form to which a touch input is capable of being made, on the display, the touch region being a region capable to recognize that a touch input is made to the input item;

the program causes the processor to execute

a touch region changing step of dynamically changing the touch region in accordance with a priority of the input item,

a touch input controlling step of performing control such that at least the input item is displayed on the display and a touch input is made to the input item via the touch panel by a user,

an input determining step of, when a position to which a touch input is made in the touch input controlling step is within the touch region that is changed in the touch region changing step, determining that an input is made to the input item,

a priority setting step of setting a priority of an input item to which an input has not been made to be higher than a priority of an input item to which an input has already been made, and

an enlarging step of, when a long press, which is a predetermine operation, is performed on the touch region, enlarging and displaying the display region;

content displayed by the display region prior to the change of the touch region and content displayed by the display region after the input made to the input item are different from each other; and

the input item includes a check box or a radio button.