PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, DATA MANIPULATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA MANIPULATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20110193812A1
• Filed: 10/22/2009
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Uchida, Kaoru
• Application Number:
  US13/120,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20110193812A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Even when data with a hierarchical data structure is displayed, it can be identified which hierarchy'"'"'s data a manipulation instruction by a touch operation performed on a touch panel directs to, and thereby a predetermined function can be executed. A portable terminal device comprising a touch panel on a display screen is provided with a press operation detection unit for detecting a press operation performed on a predetermined region of the display screen, a sweep operation detecting unit for detecting a sweep operation performed on another region of the display screen, and a terminal data processing unit for identifying the hierarchy of data to be manipulated on the basis of the presence or absence of the press operation detected by the press operation detecting unit and executing processing for the data of the identified hierarchy on the basis of the contents of the sweep operation detected by the sweep operation detecting unit.

Claims

1. A portable terminal device including a touch panel on a display screen, comprising:

a press operation detecting unit that detects a press operation performed on a predetermined region of the display screen;

a sweep operation detecting unit that detects a sweep operation performed on another region of the display screen; and

a terminal data processing unit that identifies hierarchy of data to be manipulated on the basis of presence or absence of the press operation detected by the press operation detecting unit and that executes processing for data of the identified hierarchy on the basis of contents of the sweep operation detected by the sweep operation detecting unit.

2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the display screen displays a data object, the hierarchy of which is high-ranking, and a low-ranking hierarchy data object included in the data object, and

the terminal data processing unit executes processing for the low-ranking object on the basis of contents of the sweep operation in the absence of the press operation, and executes processing for the high-ranking data object corresponding to contents of the sweep operation in the presence of the press operation.

3. The portable terminal device according to claim 2, wherein

the terminal data processing unit executes processing of displaying a following page or a preceding page, when the high-ranking hierarchy data object displayed on the display screen is a page including individual data as the low-ranking hierarchy data object, when the press operation detecting unit detects presence of the press operation, and if the sweep operation detecting unit detects the sweep operation of sweeping the page from left to right or from right to left.

4. The portable terminal device according to claim 2, wherein

the terminal data processing unit deletes the page currently displayed, when the high-ranking hierarchy data object displayed on the display screen is a page including individual data as the low-ranking hierarchy data object, when the press operation detecting unit detects presence of the press operation, and if the sweep operation detecting unit detects the sweep operation of sweeping the page from top to bottom.

5. The portable terminal device according to claim 3, wherein

the terminal data processing unit moves the individual data to an end point of the sweep operation, when the sweep operation detecting unit detects the sweep operation of sweeping the individual data included in the page, in the absence of the press operation.

6. The portable terminal device according to claim 3, wherein

the terminal data processing unit deletes the individual data, when the sweep operation detecting unit detects the sweep operation of sweeping the individual data included in the page to a data object indicating deletion of the individual data, in the absence of the press operation.

7. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined region of the display screen is a longitudinal belt-shaped region on the left side of the display screen.

8. A method for processing data manipulation for a portable terminal device including a touch panel on a display screen, comprising:

detecting a press operation performed on a predetermined region of the display screen and a sweep operation performed on another region of the display screen; and

identifying hierarchy of data to be manipulated on the basis of presence or absence of the press operation, and executing processing for data of the identified hierarchy on the basis of contents of the sweep operation.

9. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a data object, the hierarchy of which is high-ranking, and a low-ranking hierarchy data object included in the data object on the display screen, and

executing processing for the low-ranking object on the basis of contents of the sweep operation in the absence of the press operation, and executing processing for the high-ranking data object corresponding to the sweep operation, in the presence of the press operation.

10. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 8, wherein

the predetermined region of the display screen is a longitudinal belt-shaped region on the left side of the display screen.

11. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 9, further comprising:

displaying a following page or a preceding page, when the high-ranking hierarchy data object is a page including individual data as the low-ranking hierarchy data object, and when the sweep operation of sweeping the page from left to right or from right to left is executed in the presence of the press operation.

12. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 9, further comprising:

deleting the page currently displayed, when the high-ranking hierarchy data object is a page including individual data as the low-ranking hierarchy data object, and when the sweep operation of sweeping the page from top to bottom is executed in the presence of the press operation.

13. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 9, further comprising:

overlaying an action list or a help screen for selecting and executing further detailed command on the page, when the sweep operation of sweeping from a specified region to another specified region on the page is executed, in the presence of the press operation.

14. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 11, further comprising:

moving the individual data to an end point of the sweep operation, when the sweep operation of sweeping the individual data included in the page is executed, in the absence of the press operation.

15. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 11, further comprising:

deleting the individual data, when the sweep operation of sweeping the individual data included in the page to a data object indicating deletion of the individual data is executed, in the absence of the press operation.

16. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 9, further comprising:

when a page as the high-ranking hierarchical data object and the individual data as the low-ranking hierarchical data object are grouped, displaying a tab indicating the group on the display screen together with the page; and

moving the page currently displayed to a group corresponding to the tab, when the sweep operation of sweeping a region of the page to the tab is executed, in the presence of the press operation on the predetermined region.

17. The method for processing data manipulation according to claim 16, further comprising:

moving the individual data to the group corresponding to the tab, when the sweep operation of sweeping the individual data included in the page to the tab is executed, in the absence of the press operation on the predetermined region.

18. The method for processing data manipulation according to 8, further comprising:

detecting presence or absence of simultaneous touching two positions on the touch panel;

detecting a press operation performed on the predetermined region of the display screen in the presence of simultaneous touching two positions;

detecting positions of a start point and an end point for the sweep operation, when the press operation is detected; and

identifying the hierarchy of data to be manipulated on the basis of detection result of the press operation, and executing processing for data of the identified hierarchy on the basis of detection result of the sweep operation.

19. A data manipulation processing program for causing a computer device including a touch panel on a display screen to execute a data manipulation processing, comprising:

a program causing the computer device to execute;

detecting a press operation performed on a predetermined region of the display screen and a sweep operation performed on another region of the display screen; and

identifying hierarchy of data to be manipulated on the basis of presence or absence of the press operation, and executing processing for data of the identified hierarchy on the basis of contents of the sweep operation.

20. The data manipulation processing program according to claim 19, further comprising a program causing the computer device to execute

displaying a data object, the hierarchy of which is high-ranking, and a low-ranking hierarchy data object included in the data object on the display screen, and

processing for the low-ranking object on the basis of contents of the sweep operation in the absence of the press operation, and processing for the high-ranking data object corresponding to contents of the sweep operation in the presence of the press operation.

21. The data manipulation processing program according to claim 20, further comprising a program causing the computer device to execute

displaying a following page or a preceding page, when the high-ranking hierarchy data object is a page including individual data as the low-ranking hierarchy data object, and when the sweep operation of sweeping the page from left to right or from right to left is executed in the presence of the press operation.

22. The data manipulation processing program according to claim 20, further comprising a program causing the computer device to execute

deleting the page currently displayed, when the high-ranking hierarchy data object is a page including individual data as the low-ranking hierarchy data object, and when the sweep operation of sweeping the page from top to bottom is executed in the presence of the press operation.

23. The data manipulation processing program according to claim 21, further comprising a program causing the computer device to execute

moving the individual data to an end point of the sweep operation, when the sweep operation of sweeping the individual data included in the page is executed in the absence of the press operation.

24. The data manipulation processing program according to claim 21, further comprising a program causing the computer device to execute

deleting the individual data, when the sweep operation of sweeping the individual data included in the page to a data object indicating deletion of the individual data is executed in the absence of the press operation.