JP2015146150A - Terminal control method and terminal control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for reducing a load on a response of a questionnaire such as a matrix form.SOLUTION: In a terminal control method for executing a questionnaire by using a terminal having a touch panel, a common question area in which a common question is displayed and an individual question area in which a plurality of individual questions related to the common question are displayed are displayed on the touch panel as question display. When it is detected that the individual questions have been selected by the touch operation of a user (respondent), a choice area 300 in which a plurality of choices 301 to 306 are displayed is displayed so as to be overlapped with the question display as choice display 2000. When it is detected that any of choices has been selected by the touch operation of the user, the choice display is ended.

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal control method and a terminal control program, and more particularly to a terminal control method and a terminal control program used for answering a questionnaire for a smartphone.

  With the spread of the Internet, a method for taking a questionnaire to users via the Internet (hereinafter referred to as “Internet questionnaire”) has become common.

  Businesses that distribute questionnaires have made various efforts to improve the number of responses to the questionnaire, how to submit the questionnaire, and how to respond. As one of such techniques, a technique for reducing the load on the answers of questionnaire respondents has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The technique of Patent Document 1 is intended to reduce the response load for a so-called matrix questionnaire (for example, see FIG. 2 of Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-89157 A

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 only divides the question corresponding to the “row” in the matrix format into separate pages (see FIG. 3 of Patent Document 1). In such a method, the respondent has to input answers to all of the same number of question pages (questionnaire screens) as “rows”, resulting in repeated answer work and screen transitions. There is a risk of ending the answer before reaching the question. Therefore, the technique described in Patent Document 1 is insufficient as a technique for securing a sufficient number of answers, and cannot reliably meet the needs of the side requesting the questionnaire.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for significantly reducing the response load on a questionnaire in a matrix format and improving the number of responses.

That is, according to the present invention, as the first terminal control method,
A terminal control method for conducting a questionnaire using a terminal having a touch panel,
Displaying a common question area where a common question is displayed and an individual question area where a plurality of individual questions related to the common question are displayed as a question display on the touch panel;
Detecting that the individual question has been selected by a user's touch operation, and displaying an option area in which a plurality of options are displayed as an option display superimposed on the question display;
A terminal control method is provided that includes: detecting that one of the options is selected by a user's touch operation and answering the questionnaire is completed, and ending the option display.

According to the present invention, the second terminal control method is a first terminal control method,
The step of displaying the individual question selected by the user also on the option display displayed in a superimposed manner,
A terminal control method is obtained.

Moreover, according to the present invention, as the third terminal control method, the first or second terminal control method,
The method further includes the step of displaying the option selected by the user together with the display of the individual question in which the option has already been selected by the user.
A terminal control method is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a terminal control program executed on the terminal in order to conduct a questionnaire using a terminal having a touch panel,
In the terminal,
Means for displaying a common question area in which a common question is displayed and an individual question area in which a plurality of individual questions related to the common question are displayed as a question display on the touch panel;
Means for detecting that the individual question has been selected by a user's touch operation, and displaying an option region in which a plurality of options are displayed as an option display superimposed on the question display;
A terminal control program that functions as a means for detecting that one of the options is selected by a user's touch operation and the answer to the questionnaire is completed and ends the option display is obtained.

  According to the present invention, individual questions (corresponding to “rows” in the conventional matrix format) are displayed in one screen, and a plurality of options for answering each individual question are displayed on the same screen. Thus, it is possible to answer all the individual questions without causing a screen transition. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the response load on the questionnaire respondents, improve the number of responses, and eventually meet the needs of the questionnaire requester.

It is an external view of the portable terminal with which the questionnaire by embodiment of this invention is performed. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal of FIG. It is a figure which shows the data management table used for the questionnaire reply interface by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the common question management table used for the interface for questionnaire responses by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the separate question management table used for the questionnaire reply interface by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the choice management table used for the questionnaire reply interface by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state by which the questionnaire response interface by this Embodiment was displayed on the portable terminal of FIG. It is another figure which shows the state by which the questionnaire response interface by this Embodiment was displayed on the portable terminal of FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process of the questionnaire reply interface by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the answer management table used for the questionnaire reply interface by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other Example of the interface for a questionnaire response by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the further Example of the questionnaire response interface by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the interface of the conventional matrix form questionnaire.

  Hereinafter, an example in which the terminal control method and the terminal control program according to the embodiment of the present invention are used for an interface for answering a questionnaire will be described. The terminal control method (or terminal control program) described below may constitute a part of another method (or other program).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal control program according to the present embodiment is executed by a terminal 10 having a touch panel 20. Examples of the terminal 10 include devices such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a smartphone, and a tablet computer.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 10 includes a CPU 2, a main memory 3, an auxiliary memory 4, a transmission / reception unit 5, a GPS unit 6, and a display unit 7 that are connected to each other via a bus. Of these, the main memory 3 is composed of, for example, a DRM, and the auxiliary memory 4 is composed of, for example, an HDD. The auxiliary memory 4 stores a terminal control program. The terminal control program is expanded on the main memory 3 and executed by the CPU 2. In the main memory 3, data generated while the CPU 2 operates in accordance with the terminal control program and data used by the CPU 2 are also temporarily stored. The transmission / reception unit 5 establishes a connection between the terminal 10 and the network under the control of the CPU 2.

  The display unit 7 in the present embodiment is a display device (that is, the touch panel 20) having a touch sensing function. As shown in FIG. 1, the touch panel 20 is provided on the front surface of the terminal 10. The touch panel 20 can display an image under the control of the CPU 2 and accept an interactive touch operation by the player. Specifically, the touch panel 20 displays an image (eg, text, still image, moving image, video, etc.) on the touch panel 20 based on a video signal from a graphics engine (not shown). The touch sensing function is realized by a touch sensor (not shown), and outputs an operation signal corresponding to a touch operation by the player. The player's touch operation may be performed by the player's finger, a stylus, or the like. As the touch sensor (not shown), for example, a capacitance type sensor can be adopted, but is not limited thereto. During execution of the questionnaire response, an operation signal output from the touch sensor (not shown) is input to the CPU 2, and when the CPU 2 detects an operation signal from the touch sensor (not shown), the operation signal is interpreted as an input operation for the questionnaire. Then, processing corresponding to this is executed.

  The terminal control program according to the present embodiment includes a data management table shown in FIG. 3, a common question management table shown in FIG. 4, an individual question management table shown in FIG. 5, and an option management table shown in FIG. And a database storing these.

  The data management table shown in FIG. 3 records common questions #, individual questions #, and options # in association with each other. In order to explain these definitions, a conventional matrix questionnaire is described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the questionnaire is composed of three questions: a common question, an individual question, and options. A questionnaire respondent answers the questionnaire by selecting one answer from the options for each individual question after reading the common question. The data specified by question #, individual question #, and option # shown in FIG. 3 corresponds to the data of the same name in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the common question # is associated with the common question text for displaying the common question, and as shown in FIG. 5, the individual question # is an individual question displayed in the individual question. It is associated with the question text, and as shown in FIG. 6, option # is associated with the option text to be displayed as an option. The option area 300 according to the present embodiment is provided with a mechanism for closing the option area 300 (that is, for erasing the display of the option area 300), so that the option area 300 is displayed overlapping the area where the common question is displayed. Also good. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the option “cancel” may be displayed, or the option area 300 is closed by touching an area other than the option area 300 without displaying “cancel”. It is good as well.

  The movement of the questionnaire interface according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, common question # “# qc_001” is taken as an example. As shown in FIG. 7, a common question area 100 and an individual question area 200 are displayed on the touch panel 20. Such an initial screen (that is, a screen display state in which the common question area 100 and the individual question area 200 are displayed) is defined as the question display 1000. In addition to this, the touch panel 20 may display a button 400 for proceeding to the next question. In the common question area 100, a common question text “How much do you eat each fruit?” Is displayed (see FIG. 4). In the individual question area 200, “strawberry” 201, “apple” 202, “orange” 203 and “grape” 204 are displayed as individual question texts. The questionnaire respondent is requested to answer the individual questions 201 to 204 in accordance with the common question instruction.

  For example, when the answerer touches “strawberry” 201 which is one of the individual questions, the option area 300 is displayed while sliding from below the touch panel 20 as shown in FIG. 8 (slide-in display). . In the option area 300, the individual question selected by the answerer is displayed at the top as the selected individual question display 350. In addition, options 301 to 306 are displayed below the selection individual question display 350. As is clear from FIG. 8, the option area 300 is displayed so as to partially overlap the question display 1000 (as a front hierarchy). A screen display state in which the option area 300 is displayed so as to overlap the question display 1000 is defined as an option display 2000. That is, in the present embodiment, the questionnaire response interface switches between the question display 1000 and the option display 2000 according to the touch operation of the individual question by the answerer. As shown in FIG. 8, when the respondent selects the option 303 of “4-5 times a week” as the frequency of eating “strawberry” by the touch operation, the option area 300 disappears while sliding downward (slide). Out display). The respondent selects the next individual question (for example, “apple”), and similarly answers from the options 301 to 306 in the option area 300. Respondents who answered all the individual questions can advance to the next question by touching the “next” display 400. In the present embodiment, the answer to the individual question is completed by selecting any one of the option areas 300. However, for example, when a plurality of answers may be made from the option area 300, the answer is completed when all the options desired by the respondent are selected. In this case, for example, a button for telling the terminal that all desired options have been answered, such as “answer completed”, may be provided in the option area 300.

  The above processing flow will be described with reference to FIG. When the terminal control program used for the questionnaire distribution interface detects the touch of the individual question by the respondent (step S901), the option area is displayed in a slide-in manner (step S902). When one of the options is touched by the respondent, the touch is detected (step S903), and the displayed option area is slid out and closed (S904). At this time, in the background, the individual questions selected by the respondent and the options answered thereto (that is, the individual questions with the touch operation and the options with the touch operation) are as shown in FIG. Record and manage in the answer management table. The answer management table is transmitted as an answer to the questionnaire to the questionnaire distributor. Returning to FIG. 9, if all the individual questions have not been answered (“no” in step S905), the individual setting and the touch of the question are detected again (step S901), and all the individual questions are answered. If yes (“yes” in step S905), a display for proceeding to the next question is displayed (S906). In the present embodiment, only the case where all individual questions are answered is advanced to the next question. However, when only a part of individual questions are answered, the answer to the entire common question is given. May be allowed to be skipped. In this case, the “next” display 400 (see FIG. 11) may be selectable from the beginning.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the selected options may be displayed together with the answered options, and “unanswered” may be displayed for unselected individual questions. Further, for example, for individual questions that require multiple-choice answers, only the number of answered options may be displayed. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, the number of selected options may be displayed together with the display of “Replied” for each answered individual question.

  Although the selection area 300 according to the present embodiment is displayed by slide-in, it may be displayed together with other effects, or may be displayed without adding any effects.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the screen on which the options are displayed is superimposed on the initial display (FIG. 8), it is possible to answer intuitively and quickly. Further, it is possible to prevent erroneous selection of selection buttons (check boxes, radio buttons, etc.) that are displayed in a large amount as in the conventional matrix format.

1 Terminal for exclusive use of questionnaire distribution server 2 CPU
3 Main Memory 4 Auxiliary Memory 5 Transmitter / Receiver 6 GPS Unit 7 Display Unit 10 Terminal 20 Touch Screen 70 (User's) Finger 100 Common Question Area 200 Individual Question Area 201-204 Individual Question 300 Option Area 301-306 Option 350 Selected Individual Question Display 400 Button 1000 Question display 2000 Choice display

Claims (4)

A terminal control method for conducting a questionnaire using a terminal having a touch panel,
Displaying a common question area where a common question is displayed and an individual question area where a plurality of individual questions related to the common question are displayed as a question display on the touch panel;
Detecting that the individual question has been selected by a user's touch operation, and displaying an option area in which a plurality of options are displayed as an option display superimposed on the question display;
A terminal control method comprising: detecting that one of the options is selected by a user's touch operation and completing an answer to the questionnaire, and ending the option display. The terminal control method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the individual question selected by the user also on the option display displayed in a superimposed manner,
Terminal control method. The terminal control method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
The method further includes the step of displaying the option selected by the user together with the display of the individual question in which the option has already been selected by the user.
Terminal control method. A terminal control program executed on the terminal in order to conduct a questionnaire using a terminal having a touch panel,
In the terminal,
Means for displaying a common question area in which a common question is displayed and an individual question area in which a plurality of individual questions related to the common question are displayed as a question display on the touch panel;
Means for detecting that the individual question has been selected by a user's touch operation, and displaying an option region in which a plurality of options are displayed as an option display superimposed on the question display;
A terminal control program that detects that any of the options is selected by a user's touch operation and the answer to the questionnaire is completed, and functions as a means for terminating the option display.