Electronic apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11574113-B2
Application number	US-202117464760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2021
Priority date	Apr 17, 2018
Publication date	Feb 7, 2023
Grant date	Feb 7, 2023

Abstract

An information processing method includes displaying a graph on a display screen of a display, in response to a user operation of specifying at least part of the graph, displaying an icon corresponding to a numerical value which is associated with the at least part of the graph on the display screen, in response to a user operation of selecting the icon, as at least part of a mathematical expression to execute calculation using the numerical value which is associated with the icon selected, displaying the numerical value or a variable indicating the numerical value which is associated with the icon on the display screen.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing method comprising:
displaying a graph on a display screen of a display,
receiving a user operation of specifying at least part of the displayed graph by directly selecting the at least part of the graph where the at least part of the graph is displayed,
in response to the user operation of specifying the at least part of the displayed graph by directly selecting the at least part of the graph where the at least part of the graph is displayed, displaying a characteristic quantity tag corresponding to a numerical value which is associated with the at least part of the graph on the display screen,
receiving a user operation of selecting the characteristic quantity tag,
in response to the user operation of selecting the characteristic quantity tag, displaying, as at least part of a second mathematical expression to execute calculation using the numerical value which is associated with the characteristic quantity tag selected, the numerical value or a variable indicating the numerical value which is associated with the characteristic quantity tag on the display screen.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the user operation of specifying the at least part of the graph, displaying a label which is associated with the at least part of the graph on the display screen,
receiving a user operation selecting the label, and
in response to the user operation of selecting the label, displaying the characteristic quantity tag on the display screen.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the displaying the graph comprises displaying the graph in a first display region on the display screen,
the displaying the characteristic quantity tag comprises displaying the characteristic quantity tag in a second display region which is independent of the first display region on the display screen, and
the method further comprises displaying a label which is associated with the at least part of the graph in the first display region, so that a correspondence relationship between the at least part of the graph displayed in the first display region and the characteristic quantity tag displayed in the second display region is visually recognizable.

4. The information processing method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
in response to the user operation of selecting the characteristic quantity tag, which is displayed in the second display region, distinguishably displaying at least any of the corresponding label displayed in the first display region and the at least part of the graph indicated by the corresponding label.

5. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the displaying the graph comprises displaying the graph in a first display region on the display screen,
the displaying the characteristic quantity tag comprises displaying the characteristic quantity tag in a second display region which is independent of the first display region on the display screen, and
the displaying the numerical value or the variable indicating the numerical value comprises displaying the second mathematical expression in a third display region which is independent of the first display region and the second display region on the display screen.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer to control the computer to perform functions comprising:
displaying a graph on a display screen of a display,
in response to a user operation of specifying at least part of the displayed graph by directly selecting the at least part of the graph where the at least part of the graph is displayed, displaying a characteristic quantity tag corresponding to a numerical value which is associated with the at least part of the graph on the display screen,
in response to a user operation of selecting the characteristic quantity tag, displaying, as at least part of a second mathematical expression to execute calculation using the numerical value which is associated with the characteristic quantity tag selected, the numerical value or a variable indicating the numerical value which is associated with the characteristic quantity tag on the display screen.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein the program is executable by the computer to control the computer to perform further functions comprising:
in response to the user operation of specifying the at least part of the graph, displaying a label which is associated with the at least part of the graph on the display screen, and
in response to a user operation of selecting the label, displaying the icon characteristic quantity tag on the display screen.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein:
the displaying the graph comprises displaying the graph in a first display region on the display screen,
the displaying the characteristic quantity tag comprises displaying the characteristic quantity tag in a second display region which is independent of the first display region on the display screen, and
the program is executable by the computer to control the computer to perform further functions comprising displaying a label which is associated with the at least part of the graph in the first display region, so that a correspondence relationship between the at least part of the graph displayed in the first display region and the characteristic quantity tag displayed in the second display region is visually recognizable.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 8 , wherein the program is executable by the computer to control the computer to perform further functions comprising:
in response to the user operation of selecting the characteristic quantity tag, which is displayed in the second display region, distinguishably displaying at least any of the corresponding label displayed in the first display region and the at least part of the graph indicated by the corresponding label.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein:
the displaying the graph comprises displaying the graph in a first display region on the display screen,
the displaying the characteristic quantity tag comprises displaying the characteristic quantity tag in a second display region which is independent of the first display region on the display screen, and
the displaying the numerical value or the variable indicating the numerical value comprises displaying the second mathematical expression in a third display region which is independent of the first display region and the second display region on the display screen.

11. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the characteristic quantity tag includes at least one candidate icon or substitution icon corresponding to the numerical value, and
the user operation of selecting the characteristic quantity tag is a user operation of selecting the at least one candidate icon or substitution icon.

12. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the numerical value is a coordinate value of a coordinate of the at least part of the graph specified by the user operation of specifying the at least part of the displayed graph,
the characteristic quantity tag includes at least one candidate icon corresponding to the variable indicating the coordinate value, and
the user operation of selecting the characteristic quantity tag is a user operation of selecting the at least one candidate icon.

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Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ono Manato

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06F40/111 Primary

  Mathematical or scientific formatting; Subscripts; Superscripts · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title