CONTEXT ARRANGEMENT METHOD, CONTEXT ARRANGEMENT PROGRAM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20110055742A1
• Filed: 08/25/2010
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Inventors: TOMONO, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US12/868,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20110055742A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/766
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A context arrangement method, comprising: an operation input step of accepting an input of an operation with respect to a selection target embedded in contents on a display screen; a context arrangement step of arranging a context at a position corresponding to the input of the operation in a virtual display space which is larger than an area in which the contents are displayed; and a drawing step of drawing display data of the selection target in the arranged context by a background processing.

Claims

1. A context arrangement method, comprising:

an operation input step of accepting an input of an operation with respect to a selection target embedded in contents on a display screen;

a context arrangement step of arranging a context at a position corresponding to the input of the operation in a virtual display space which is larger than an area in which the contents are displayed; and

a drawing step of drawing display data of the selection target in the arranged context by a background processing.

2. The context arrangement method according to claim 1,

wherein the context arrangement step comprises the steps of:

calculating a direction and a velocity of one of a flicking operation and a dragging operation with respect to the selection target; and

arranging the context such that the context is positioned away from the contents by a distance which is in proportion to the calculated velocity, and that a relative direction between the contents and the context becomes equal to the calculated direction.

3. The context arrangement method according to claim 2,

further comprising the steps of:

generating a shortcut to cause a screen transition to the context; and

arranging the shortcut at an edge portion in the display screen in accordance with the calculated direction.

4. The context arrangement method according to claim 1,

further comprising the step of:

defining a context group to which the context belongs,

wherein the context arrangement step comprises the steps of;

detecting overlapping of contexts;

judging whether the detected contexts overlapping each other belong to a same context group; and

changing a relative positional relationship between the contexts judged to belong to the same context group so that the contexts do not overlap with each other.

5. The context arrangement method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of displaying only contexts belonging to a same context group.

6. The context arrangement method according to claim 1, wherein, in the drawing step, a snapshot of the display data of the selection target is drawn.

7. The context arrangement method according to claim 6,

wherein, in the drawing step, only a function of an application required for drawing the snapshot of the display data of the selection target is called and the drawing is executed.

8. A computer readable medium having computer readable instruction stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, configures the processor to perform:

an operation input step of accepting an input of an operation with respect to a selection target embedded in contents on a display screen;

a context arrangement step of arranging a context at a position corresponding to the input of the operation in a virtual display space which is larger than an area in which the contents are displayed; and

a drawing step of drawing display data of the selection target in the arranged context by a background processing.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 8,

wherein the context arrangement step comprises the steps of:

calculating a direction and a velocity of one of a flicking operation and a dragging operation with respect to the selection target; and

arranging the context such that the context is positioned away from the contents by a distance which is in proportion to the calculated velocity, and that a relative direction between the contents and the context becomes equal to the calculated direction.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 9,

the instruction further configures the processor to perform the steps of:

generating a shortcut to cause a screen transition to the context; and

arranging the shortcut at an edge portion in the display screen in accordance with the calculated direction.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 8,

the instruction further configures the processor to perform the step of:

defining a context group to which the context belongs,

wherein the context arrangement step comprises the steps of;

detecting overlapping of contexts;

judging whether the detected contexts overlapping each other belong to a same context group; and

changing a relative positional relationship between the contexts judged to belong to the same context group so that the contexts do not overlap with each other.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 11, the instruction further configures the processor to perform the step of displaying only contexts belonging to a same context group.

13. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, wherein, in the drawing step, a snapshot of the display data of the selection target is drawn.

14. An information display device, comprising:

an input unit configured to accept an input of an operation with respect to a selection target embedded in contents on a display screen;

a context arrangement unit configured to arrange a context at a position corresponding to the input of the operation in a virtual display space which is larger than an area in which the contents are displayed; and

a drawing unit configured to draw display data of the selection target in the arranged context by a background processing.

15. The information display device according to claim 14,

wherein the context arrangement unit calculates a direction and a velocity of one of a flicking operation and a dragging operation with respect to the section target, and arranges the context such that the context is positioned away from the contents by a distance which is in proportion to the calculated velocity and that a relative direction between the contents and the context becomes equal to the calculated direction.

16. The information display device according to claim 15, further comprising:

a shortcut generation unit configured to generate a shortcut to cause a screen transition to the context; and

a shortcut arranging unit configured to arrange the shortcut at an edge portion in the display screen in accordance with the calculated direction.

17. The information display device according to claim 14,

further comprising a context group defining unit configured to define a context group to which the context belongs,

wherein the context arrangement unit comprises:

a detecting unit configured to detect overlapping of contexts;

an attribute judgment unit configured to judge whether the contexts detected as overlapping each other belong to a same context group; and

a position changing unit configured to change a relative positional relationship between the contexts judged to belong to the same context group so that the contexts do not overlap with each other.

18. The information display device according to claim 17, further comprising a context displaying unit configured to display only contexts belonging to a same context group.

19. The information display device according to claim 14, wherein the drawing unit draws a snapshot of the display data of the selection target.

20. The information display device according to claim 19, wherein the drawing unit calls only a function of an application required for drawing the snapshot of the display data of the selection target, and executes the drawing of the display data.