Display apparatus

摘要

An area selection operation of a character string is performed by touching the character string displayed on a display unit 1 via a touch panel unit 2 disposed on the display unit 1 by a finger and tracing the character string. When it is determined that the finger performing the area selection operation is positioned over a displayed character, character type information of the character at a contact position of the finger is determined. Then, when the contact position of the finger performing the selection operation moves from the character to a next character of the character string, a tactile sensation is provided based on information added to each of the characters. An end point of a selected area of the character string is set to a character for which the tactile sensation is provided immediately before detection of release of the finger.

主权项

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display unit configured to display information including a character string; a touch panel unit disposed in front of the display unit and configured to receive a contact operation by a pressing object to the character string displayed on the display unit; a tactile sensation providing unit configured to provide a tactile sensation to the pressing object contacting the touch panel unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit, the touch panel unit and the tactile sensation providing unit, wherein the control unit includes: a character determination unit configured to determine, when it is determined that a contact position of the contact operation received by the touch panel unit is located on the character string that represents any one of the text, clause, phrase or the word displayed on the display unit, a character type of a character at the contact position; and an area specifying unit configured to specify an area of the character string by determining a start point and an end point on the character string based on the contact operation to the touch panel unit, and wherein the control unit, when the area specifying unit specifies the area of the character string by determining a start point and an end point on the character string, controls the tactile sensation providing unit based on a determination result obtained from the character determination unit.