Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9047046-B2
Application number	US-75483210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2010
Priority date	Apr 14, 2009
Publication date	Jun 2, 2015
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first touch panel, a second touch panel, and a controller. The first touch panel displays a first object and detects a first touch operation of a user on the first object. The second touch panel displays a second object and detects a second touch operation of the user on the second object. The controller links and changes the displayed first object and the displayed second object when the second touch operation is detected within a predetermined time period since the first touch operation has been detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a first touch panel that displays a first object and detects a first touch operation of a user on the first object on a first area of the first touch panel;
a second touch panel that displays a second object and detects a second touch operation of the user on the second object on a second area of the second touch panel, wherein each of the first object and the second object is displayed at a same time as part of a third object;
a sensor disposed between the first touch panel and the second touch panel that detects an item that is present within a predetermined distance range above the sensor; and
a controller that, when the second touch operation and the first touch operation are detected within a predetermined time period of each other, determines that a user is performing the touch operations with two fingers of a same hand across the two panels on the first area of the first touch panel and the second area of the second touch panel when the item is detected by the sensor, and determines that the user is performing the touch operations with a finger of one hand on the first area of the first touch panel and a finger of another hand on the second area of the second touch panel when the item is not detected by the sensor.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller displays the first object on the second touch panel and displays the second object on the first touch panel when the second touch operation is detected within the predetermined time period since the first touch operation has been detected.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first touch operation and the second touch operation is an operation in a rotation direction, and
wherein the controller rotates the third object when the second touch operation is detected within the predetermined time period since the first touch operation has been detected and the item is detected by the sensor.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller changes the third object so that the third object is torn when the second touch operation is detected within the predetermined time period since the first touch operation has been detected and the item is not detected by the sensor.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising
a storage that stores data corresponding to the third object,
wherein the controller deletes the data from the storage when the third object is changed so that the third object is torn.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first touch operation and the second touch operation are operations in directions moving close to each other, and
wherein the controller changes the first object and the second object so that the first object and the second object are integrated into one when the second touch operation is detected within the predetermined time period since the first touch operation has been detected.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller changes the displayed first object and the displayed second object in a first mode when the item is detected by the sensor, and changes the displayed first object and the displayed second object in a second mode that is different from the first mode, when the item is not detected by the sensor.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a storage that stores first data corresponding to the first object and second data corresponding to the second object,
wherein the first touch operation is an operation of enclosing the first object in a predetermined rotation direction,
wherein the second touch operation is the operation of enclosing the second object in the predetermined rotation direction, and
wherein the controller causes the storage to group and store the first data and the second data when the second touch operation is detected within the predetermined time period since the first touch operation has been detected.

9. An information processing method, comprising:
displaying, by a first touch panel, a first object and detecting a first touch operation of a user on the first object on a first area of the first touch panel;
displaying, by a second touch panel, a second object and detecting a second touch operation of the user on the second object on a second area of the second touch panel, wherein each of the first object and the second object is displayed at a same time as part of a third object;
detecting, by a sensor disposed between the first touch panel and the second touch panel, when an item is present within a predetermined distance range above the sensor; and
when the second touch operation and the first touch operation are detected within a predetermined time period of each other, determining that a user is performing the touch operations with two fingers of a same hand across the two panels on the first area of the first touch panel and the second area of the second touch panel when the item is detected by the sensor, and determining that the user is performing the touch operations with a finger of one hand on the first area of the first touch panel and a finger of another hand on the second area of the second touch panel when the item is not detected by the sensor.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes an information processing apparatus including a first touch panel and a second touch panel to execute:
displaying, by a first touch panel, a first object and detecting a first touch operation of a user on the first object on a first area of the first touch panel;
displaying, by a second touch panel, a second object and detecting a second touch operation of the user on the second object on a second area of the second touch panel, wherein each of the first object and the second object is displayed at a same time as part of a third object;
detecting, by a sensor disposed between the first touch panel and the second touch panel, when an item is present within a predetermined distance range above the sensor; and
when the second touch operation and the first touch operation are detected within a predetermined time period of each other, determining that a user is performing the touch operations with two fingers of a same hand across the two panels on the first area of the first touch panel and the second area of the second touch panel when the item is detected by the sensor, and determining that the user is performing the touch operations with a finger of one hand on the first area of the first touch panel and a finger of another hand on the second area of the second touch panel when the item is not detected by the sensor.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined time period is 0.5 seconds.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller enlarges the third object to be displayed when the first touch operation and the second touch operation are detected within the predetermined time range, the first touch operation and the second touch operation are operations in opposite directions, and the item is detected by the sensor.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein sensor is an optical sensor.

14. information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller performs a first action on the displayed first object and the displayed second object when the controller determines that t

Assignees

• Kii Manabu
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kii Manabu

Classifications

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F1/1641

  the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title