Method And Apparatus For Area-Efficient Graphical User Interface
First Claim
1. An input device comprising:
- a display device placed with an information processing device in a housing in an integrated fashion; and
a touch panel covering the display, the input device converting information on a point of contact with a finger or thumb of a hand that is detected by the touch panel into an operation made by a user and allows the information processing device to process the operation,wherein the display device displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen image as an on-screen display on an output image generated as a result of information processing performed by the information processing device, GUIs being disposed in the GUI screen image in correspondence with a position of an index finger and a thumb of a user when the user holds the housing from both sides so that an index finger and a thumb are placed on the upper surface of the display device, opposite a middle finger that supports the housing from underneath.
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Abstract
A user operates a GUI with a thumb and an index finger while holding an information processing device with left and right hands. The GUI screen image displays a directional keys input area at the lower left on the screen image, a button input area at the lower right on the screen image, an L1/L2 button input area at the upper left on the screen image, and an R1/R2 button input area at the upper right on the screen image. The L1/L2 and the R1/R2 button input areas are in the form of circle sectors, whereby the center angles of the circle sectors are at right angles of the two upper corners of the screen, and by internally dividing the center angles further so as to divide the sectors into two sectors respectively, the L1 and L2 buttons, and the R1 and R2 buttons are distinguished.
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12 Claims
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1. An input device comprising:
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a display device placed with an information processing device in a housing in an integrated fashion; and a touch panel covering the display, the input device converting information on a point of contact with a finger or thumb of a hand that is detected by the touch panel into an operation made by a user and allows the information processing device to process the operation, wherein the display device displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen image as an on-screen display on an output image generated as a result of information processing performed by the information processing device, GUIs being disposed in the GUI screen image in correspondence with a position of an index finger and a thumb of a user when the user holds the housing from both sides so that an index finger and a thumb are placed on the upper surface of the display device, opposite a middle finger that supports the housing from underneath. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An information processing device comprising:
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an information processing unit operative to perform information processing in accordance with an operation made by a user; a display device operative to display an output image generated as a result of information processing performed in the information processing device, the upper surface of the display device being covered by a touch panel; and a housing operative to store the information processing device and the display device in an integrated fashion, wherein the display device displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen image as an on-screen display, GUIs being disposed in the GUI screen image in correspondence with a position of an index finger and a thumb of a user when the user holds the housing from both sides so that an index finger and a thumb are placed on the upper surface of the display device, opposite a middle finger that supports the housing from underneath, and the information processing unit converts information on a point of contact with a finger or thumb of a hand on the GUI that is detected by the touch panel into an operation made by a user and performs information processing.
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11. An input value acquiring method comprising:
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displaying a GUI (Graphical User Interface) on a display device, which is placed with an information processing device in a housing in an integrated fashion, as an on-screen display on an output image generated as a result of information processing; converting information on a point of contact with a finger or thumb of a hand that is detected by the touch panel covering the display device into an operation on the GUI made by a user; and allowing an information processing device to perform information processing in accordance with the operation, wherein the displaying as an on-screen display displays GUIs as an on-screen display by disposing the GUIs in correspondence with positions of an index finger and a thumb of a user when the user holds the housing from both sides so that an index finger and a thumb are placed on the upper surface of the display device, opposite a middle finger that supports the housing from underneath.
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing a computer program, the computer program comprising:
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a module configured to display, which is placed with a computer in a housing in an integrated fashion, a GUI (Graphical User Interface) on a display device as an on-screen display on an output image generated as a result of information processing; a module configured to convert information on a point of contact with a finger or thumb of a hand that is detected by the touch panel covering the display device into an operation on the GUI made by a user; and a module configured to perform information processing in accordance with the operation, wherein the module configured to display as an on-screen display displays GUIs as an on-screen display by disposing the GUIs in correspondence with positions of an index finger and a thumb of a user when the user holds the housing from both sides so that an index finger and a thumb are placed on the upper surface of the display device, opposite a middle finger that supports the housing from underneath.
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