1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display unit detecting contact and proximity of operating means with respect to a display range of the display unit; and
a controller determining a position where an item designated by contact is to be displayed, based on the position of contact and the position of proximity which are detected by said display unit,
wherein:
an xy coordinate system for identifying said position of contact and said position of proximity is established in the display range of said display unit;
said controller judges a direction of a straight line segment that originates from a contact point representing the position where the contact is detected and that passes through a proximity point representing the position where the proximity is detected, as the direction of said operating means in said xy coordinate system, and determines a position where said item is to be displayed in an area in a direction that originates from said contact point and that is different from the direction of said operating means; and
said controller establishes, in said xy coordinate system, a first division line passing through said contact point parallel to an x-axis of said xy coordinate system and a second division line passing through said contact point parallel to a y-axis of said xy coordinate system, thereby dividing said display range into four subranges, and determines the position where said item is to be displayed in one of said subranges which does not include said proximity point.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller displays said item in an enlarged scale or in a speech balloon at a position determined based on said point of contact and said position of proximity.
3. A display method to be carried out by a display apparatus, comprising:
detecting contact and proximity of operating means with respect to a display range; and
determining a position where an item designated by contact is to be displayed, based on the position of contact and the position of proximity which are detected,
wherein an xy coordinate system for identifying said position of contact and said position of proximity is established in the display range of said display unit,
wherein, in a step of determining a position where said item is to be displayed:
a direction of a straight line segment that originates from a contact point representing the position where the contact is detected and that passes through a proximity point representing the position where the proximity is detected, is judged as the direction of said operating means in said xy coordinate system, and a position where said item is to be displayed in an area in a direction that originates from said contact point and that is different from the direction of said operating means is determined; and
in said xy coordinate system, a first division line passing through said contact point parallel to an x-axis of said xy coordinate system and a second division line passing through said contact point parallel to a y-axis of said xy coordinate system, is established thereby dividing said display range into four subranges, and the position where said item is to be displayed in one of said subranges which does not include said proximity point is determined.
4. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing a program for enabling the computer to carry out:
a procedure for receiving contact and proximity of operating means with respect to a display range from a display unit; and
a procedure for determining a position where an item designated by contact is to be displayed, based on the position of contact and the position of proximity which are detected by said display unit,
wherein an xy coordinate system for identifying said position of contact and said position of proximity is established in the display range of said display unit,
wherein, said procedure for determining a position where said item is to be displayed comprises:
judging a direction of a straight line segment that originates from a contact point representing the position where the contact is detected and that passes through a proximity point representing the position where the proximity is detected, as the direction of said operating means in said xy coordinate system, and determining a position where said item is to be displayed in an area in a direction that originates from said contact point and that is different from the direction of said operating means; and
establishing, in said xy coordinate system, a first division line passing through said contact point parallel to an x-axis of said xy coordinate system and a second division line passing through said contact point parallel to a y-axis of said xy coordinate system, thereby dividing said display range into four subranges, and determining the position where said item is to be displayed in one of said subranges which does not include said proximity point.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A vehicular door handle assembly for selectively opening a vehicle door, the door handle assembly comprising:
a primary actuator adapted to be mounted to a vehicle door, wherein the primary actuator has a first user interaction portion for moving the primary actuator between a latched position and an opened position, and wherein the vehicle door is opened by a user by moving the user interaction portion of the primary actuator between the latched position and the opened position; and
a secondary actuator operatively associated with the primary actuator and comprising a cam having at least one pair of arms that define a groove therebetween, wherein the secondary actuator has a second user interaction portion for moving the secondary actuator between a secure position, wherein movement of the primary actuator from the latched position to the opened position is prevented, and a release position, wherein the primary actuator can move from the latched position to the opened position;
a latch operatively associated with the secondary actuator comprising at least one flange slidingly received by the groove to effect the linear movement of the latch, and operable between an active condition, wherein the latch prevents movement of the primary actuator from the latched position, and an inactive condition, wherein the latch allows movement of the primary actuator from the latched position;
a latch receiver adapted to be mounted to the vehicle door adjacent the primary actuator such that the latch is partially received by the latch receiver and partially received by the primary actuator when the latch is in the active condition;
a biasing member that biases the secondary actuator to the secure position and the latch to the active condition, wherein movement of the secondary actuator against the bias of the biasing member to the release position withdraws the latch from the latch receiver to inactivate the latch;
wherein the second user interaction portion is aligned with at least a portion of the first user interaction portion so that attempted movement by a user of the primary actuator out of the latched position first causes the secondary actuator to be moved from the secure position to the release position, wherein movement of the secondary actuator from the secure position to the release position inactivates, release position inactivates the latch, the secondary actuator is pivotally mounted to the primary actuator, and pivotal movement of the secondary actuator relative to the primary actuator translates into linear movement of the latch relative to the latch receiver.
2. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 1, wherein the primary actuator comprises a handle, and the first user interaction portion comprises a handle hand grip region.
3. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 2, wherein the secondary actuator comprises a trigger mounted to the handle, and the second user interaction portion comprises a trigger hand grip region.
4. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 3, wherein during the attempted movement of the primary actuator out of the latched position, the user grasps both the handle hand grip region and the trigger hand grip region and moves the trigger hand grip region towards the handle hand grip region to move the trigger from the secure position to the release position.
5. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 4, wherein the trigger is pivotally mounted to the handle.
6. A vehicular door handle assembly for selectively opening a vehicle door, the door handle assembly comprising:
a primary actuator adapted to be mounted to an exterior surface of a vehicle door, wherein the primary actuator has a first user interaction portion for moving the primary actuator between a latched position and an opened position, and wherein the vehicle door is opened by a user by moving the user interaction portion of the primary actuator between the latched position adjacent the exterior surface and the opened position away from the exterior surface;
a secondary actuator pivotally mounted to the primary actuator, wherein the secondary actuator has a second user interaction portion for moving the secondary actuator between a secure position, wherein movement of the primary actuator from the latched position to the opened position is prevented, and a release position, wherein the primary actuator can move from the latched position to the opened position;
a latch associated with the secondary actuator for movement alongside the exterior surface from one of the secure position and the release position to the other of the secure position and the release position;
a latch receiver adapted to be mounted to the vehicle door adjacent the primary actuator such that the latch is partially received by the latch receiver and partially received by the primary actuator when the latch is in the active condition; and
a biasing member that biases the secondary actuator to the secure position and the latch to the active condition, and movement of the secondary actuator against the bias of the biasing member to the release position withdraws the latch from the latch receiver to inactivate the latch;
wherein the latch comprises at least one flange, the secondary actuator comprises a cam comprising at least one pair of arms that define a groove therebetween; and the at least one flange is slidingly received by the groove to effect the linear movement of the latch; and
wherein pivotal movement of the secondary actuator relative to the primary actuator translates into linear movement of the latch relative to the latch receiver; and
wherein the second user interaction portion is aligned with at least a portion of the first user interaction portion so that attempted movement of the primary actuator by the user out of the latched position first causes the latch to be moved from the secure position to the release position.
7. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 6, wherein the primary actuator comprises a handle, and the first user interaction portion comprises a handle hand grip region.
8. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 7, wherein the secondary actuator comprises a trigger mounted to the handle, and the second user interaction portion comprises a trigger hand grip region.
9. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 8, wherein during the attempted movement of the primary actuator out of the latched position, the user grasps both the handle hand grip region and the trigger hand grip region and moves the trigger hand grip region towards the handle hand grip region to move the trigger from the secure position to the release position.
10. The vehicular door handle assembly according to claim 9, wherein the trigger is pivotally mounted to the handle.