Information processing device and display information editing method of information processing device

A display information editing method of an information processing device which has display means for displaying information and operation means having a contact region corresponding to a display region of the display means, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a contact operation in the contact region, and generating a position signal indicating the position of the contact operation in the contact region;
• deciding a target range of the display region based on the position signals for two points;
• causing a processing menu to appear on the display means at a position corresponding to the decided target range of the display region, the processing menu receiving selection of various processing;
• deciding processing of the processing menu corresponding to the position of the contact operation in the contact region, based on the position signal for a third point;
• and
• executing the decided processing on the decided target range of the display region.

An information processing device, comprising:

• a display to display information;
• an operation unit, having a contact region for interacting with a display region of the display, to detect a contact operation in the contact region and outputting a position signal indicating the position of the contact operation in the contact region;
• range decision unit to determine a target range of the display region, based on the position signals for two points from the operation unit;
• processing menu display unit to cause a processing menu to appear on the display, at a position corresponding to the target range of the display region decided by the range decision unit, the processing menu receiving selection of various processing;
• processing decision unit to determine processing of the processing menu corresponding to the position of the contact operation in the contact region, based on the position signal for a third point from the operation unit;
• and
• processing execution unit to execute the processing decided by the processing decision unit on the target range of the display region decided by the range decision unit.

An information processing device, comprising:

• display means for displaying information;
• operation means, having a contact region corresponding to a display region of the display means, for detecting a contact operation in the contact region and outputting a position signal indicating the position of the contact operation in the contact region;
• range decision means for deciding a target range of the display region, based on the position signals for two points from the operation means;
• processing menu display means for causing the display means to display a processing menu for selection of various processing, at a position corresponding to the target range of the display region decided by the range decision means;
• processing decision means for deciding processing of the processing menu corresponding to the position of the contact operation in the contact region, based on the position signal for a third point from the operation means;
• and
• processing execution means for executing the processing decided by the processing decision means on the target range of the display region decided by the range decision means,
• wherein the range decision means decides the target range of the display region, based on the position signals for the two points from the operation means and based upon a table associating coordinates of the contact region to coordinates of the display region.