INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20150089420A1
• Filed: 07/28/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: AKAMA, Katsuaki, MURATA, MASAKAZU
• Granted Patent: US 9,753,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process includes, detecting flick operation in a text area where an input character string is displayed, determining a direction of the detected flick operation, selecting, when the flick operation is performed in a predetermined direction, characters the number of which is according to a length of the flick operation from the character string located at a starting position of the flick operation, storing the selected characters in a finger recording buffer, obtaining, when the flick operation is performed in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction, the number of characters according to the length of the flick operation from the finger recording buffer, and outputting the obtained characters to the starting position of the flick operation in the text area.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising;

detecting flick operation in a text area where an input character string is displayed;

determining a direction of the detected flick operation;

selecting, when the flick operation is performed in a predetermined direction, characters the number of which is according to a length of the flick operation from the character string located at a starting position of the flick operation;

storing the selected characters in a finger recording buffer;

obtaining, when the flick operation is performed in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction, the number of characters according to the length of the flick operation from the finger recording buffer; and

outputting the obtained characters to the starting position of the flick operation in the text area.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the storing includes storing the selected characters in the finger recording buffer successively from a character located at the starting position of the flick operation, and

the outputting includes successively outputting characters the number of which is according to the length of the flick operation from the last character stored in the finger recording buffer.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the selecting includes selecting, when the finger recording buffer has already stored characters and a new flick operation is detected to be performed in the predetermined direction, characters the number of which is according to the length of the flick operation from the character string located at the starting position of the flick operation,

the storing includes storing the selected characters additionally to the characters already stored in the finger recording buffer.

4. An information processing method comprising:

detecting, using a processor, flick operation in a text area where an input character string is displayed;

determining, using the processor, a direction of the detected flick operation;

selecting, when the flick operation is performed in a predetermined direction, characters the number of which is according to a length of the flick operation from the character string located at a starting position of the flick operation, using the processor;

storing, using the processor, the selected characters in a finger recording buffer;

obtaining, when the flick operation is performed in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction, the number of characters according to the length of the flick operation from the finger recording buffer, using the processor; and

outputting, using the processor, the obtained characters to the starting position of the flick operation in the text area.

5. A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an information processing program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

detecting flick operation in a text area where an input character string is displayed;

determining a direction of the detected flick operation;

selecting, when the flick operation is performed in a predetermined direction, characters the number of which is according to a length of the flick operation from the character string located at a starting position of the flick operation;

storing the selected characters in a finger recording buffer;

obtaining, when the flick operation is performed in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction, the number of characters according to the length of the flick operation from the finger recording buffer; and

outputting the obtained characters to the starting position of the flick operation in the text area.