Information processing system and method for avoiding execution of unintentional drawing operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11449176-B2
Application number	US-202117498451-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2021
Priority date	Nov 11, 2020
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

Provided are information processing system and information processing method which make it possible to avoid execution of drawing by a pen touching operation which does not follow a user's intention accurately.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising:
a touch screen;
a processor coupled to the touch screen; and
a memory, wherein
the processor executes code stored on the memory to:
acquire first drawing information and second drawing information, each of which contains at least touch position information indicating a touch position where a touching operation is performed on the touch screen and pressure information indicating a pressure which is applied to the touch position,
calculate change amounts, corresponding to movement of the touch position, based on the first drawing information and the second drawing information which is acquired after acquisition of the first drawing information,
determine, based on the change amounts, whether the touching operation is suited for execution of a drawing operation on the touch screen,
execute the drawing operation corresponding to the touching operation in response to determining that the touching operation is suited for execution of the drawing operation, and
prevent execution of the drawing operation corresponding to the touching operation in response to determining that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing operation,

the change amounts which are calculated by the processor contain at least a change amount of the pressure which is applied to the touch position and a change amount of a moving direction of the touch position, and
the processor determines that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing operation in a case where:
the change amount of the pressure is more than a first threshold value and indicates that a sudden drop of the pressure has occurred,
the change amount of the moving direction is more than a second threshold value and indicates that a sudden change of the moving direction has occurred, and
the sudden drop of the pressure and the sudden change of the moving direction occur simultaneously.

2. An information processing system comprising:
an information processing apparatus, wherein
the information processing apparatus comprises:
a drawing information acquisition section that acquires drawing information which at least contains touch position information which indicates a touch position where a touching operation is performed on a touch screen and pressure information which indicates a pressure which is applied to the touch position,
a calculation section that calculates change amounts which relate to movement of the touch position based on first drawing information which is acquired by the drawing information acquisition section and second drawing information which is acquired, by the drawing information acquisition section, after acquisition of the first drawing information,
a decision section that decides whether the touching operation is suited for execution of drawing based on the change amounts which are calculated by the calculation section, and
a mode control section that sets a first mode for execution of the drawing which relates to the touching operation in a case where it is decided that the touching operation is suited for execution of the drawing by the decision section and to set a second mode for no execution of the drawing which relates to the touching operation in a case where it is decided that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing by the decision section,

the change amounts which are calculated by the calculation section contain at least a change amount of the pressure which is applied to the touch position and a change amount of a moving direction of the touch position, and
the decision section decides that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing in a case where:
the change amount of the pressure is more than a first threshold value and indicates that a sudden drop of the pressure has occurred,
the change amount of the moving direction is more than a second threshold value and indicates that a sudden change of the moving direction has occurred, and
the sudden drop of the pressure and the sudden change of the moving direction occur simultaneously.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
the change amounts which are calculated by the calculation section further contain a moving distance of the touch position, and
in a case where the change amount of the pressure is more than the first threshold value, the change amount of the moving direction is more than the second threshold value and the moving distance is more than a third threshold value, the decision section decides that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
in a case where the pressure that the pressure information which is contained in the second drawing information is less than a fourth threshold value and the pressure is considerably low, the decision section decides that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing.

5. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
in a case where the decision section decides that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing at a first decision time and the pressure, which is obtained at a second decision time after the first decision time, does not rise from the pressure which is obtained at the first decision time, the decision section decides that the operation, which is not suited for execution of the drawing, is being continuously performed.

6. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
in a case where the pressure which is obtained at a first decision time rises exceeding the pressure which is obtained at a second decision time which comes before the first decision time, the decision section decides that the touching operation is suited for execution of the drawing.

7. An information processing method comprising:
acquiring drawing information which at least contains touch position information which indicates a touch position where a touching operation is performed on a touch screen and pressure information which indicates a pressure which is applied to the touch position by a drawing information acquisition section;
calculating change amounts which relate to movement of the touch position on the basis of first drawing information which is acquired by the drawing information acquisition section and second drawing information which is acquired after acquisition of the first drawing information by the drawing information acquisition section, by a calculation section;
deciding whether the touching operation is suited for execution of drawing based on the change amounts which are calculated by the calculation section, by a decision section; and
setting a first mode for execution of the drawing which relates to the touching operation in a case where it is decided that the touching operation is suited for execution of the drawing by the decision section and setting a second mode for no execution of the drawing which relates to the touching operation in a case where it is decided that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing by the decision section, by a mode control section, wherein
the change amounts which are calculated by the calculation section contain at least a change amount of the pressure which is applied to the touch position and a change amount of a moving direction of the touch position, and
the decision section decides that the touching operation is not suited for execution of the drawing in a case where:
the change amount of the pressure is more than a first threshold value and indicates that a sudden drop of the pressure has occurred,
the change amount of the moving direction is more than a sec

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Nomura Ryohta
• Suzuki Yoshitsugu

Classifications

• G06F3/0414 Primary

  using force sensing means to determine a position · CPC title

• G06F3/04186 Primary

  Touch location disambiguation · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04162

  for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware · CPC title