Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10120465-B2
Application number	US-201515308402-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2015
Priority date	May 14, 2014
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

[Object] To propose an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, which are capable of preventing deterioration in responsiveness of handwriting input.
[Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result from a detector that detects proximity of an operating object to an operation subject; and a display controller configured to, in a case where the display controller recognizes that a distance between the operation subject and the operating object, which are spaced apart from each other, exceeds a threshold on the basis of the detection result, cause a display to display an image in a display mode different from a display mode used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result from a detector that detects proximity of an operating object to an operation subject; and
a display controller configured to, in a case where the display controller recognizes that a distance between the operation subject and the operating object, which are spaced apart from each other, exceeds a threshold on the basis of the detection result, cause a display to display an image in a display mode different from a display mode used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold, wherein, in a case where the display controller recognizes that the distance exceeds the threshold, the display controller causes the display to display the image in a bit depth different from a bit depth used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, on a basis of a time point at which the distance exceeds the threshold, the display controller causes the display to redisplay the image, which has been displayed in a first bit depth, in a second bit depth that is different from the first bit depth.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second bit depth is greater than the first bit depth.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first bit depth is a bit depth of 2 bits.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the display controller recognizes that the distance exceeds the threshold, the display controller causes the display to display an image with respect to the image displayed on the display in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the proximity of the operating object to the operation subject is not detected, the display controller recognizes that the distance exceeds the threshold.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the display controller recognizes that the distance between the operation subject and the operating object is less than or equal to another threshold, the another threshold being less than the threshold, the display controller controls drawing of the image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires contact or proximity of the operating object to the operation subject as the detection result from the detector, and
in a case where the display controller recognizes that the operating object is in contact with the operation subject, the display controller controls the drawing of the image.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires a trajectory of a motion of the operating object with respect to the operation subject in a case where the distance between the operation subject and the operating object is less than or equal to the another threshold, and
the display controller controls the drawing of the image showing the trajectory.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus includes the detector.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus includes the display.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the display is a bistable display.

13. An information processing method comprising:
acquiring a detection result from a detector that detects proximity of an operating object to an operation subject; and
causing, by a processor, in a case where the display controller recognizes that a distance between the operation subject and the operating object, which are spaced apart from each other, exceeds a threshold on the basis of the detection result, a display to display an image in a display mode different from a display mode used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold, wherein, in a case where the display controller recognizes that the distance exceeds the threshold, the display controller causes the display to display the image in a bit depth different from a bit depth used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold.

14. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute:
acquiring a detection result from a detector that detects proximity of an operating object to an operation subject; and
causing, in a case where the display controller recognizes that a distance between the operation subject and the operating object, which are spaced apart from each other, exceeds a threshold on the basis of the detection result, a display to display an image in a display mode different from a display mode used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold, wherein, in a case where the display controller recognizes that the distance exceeds the threshold, the display controller causes the display to display the image in a bit depth different from a bit depth used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold.

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Linfiny Corp

Inventors

• Tomokiyo Tsutomu
• Kaneko Hiroyuki

Classifications

• G09G5/003

  Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092) · CPC title

• G06F3/038 Primary

  Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title