Information processing apparatus and control method thereof, and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9389746-B2
Application number	US-201213345230-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2012
Priority date	Jul 17, 2007
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

An information processing apparatus comprising display unit configured to display a window, accepting unit configured to accept a resize instruction of the displayed window together with a scroll instruction indicating whether or not to scroll display contents within the window, and control unit configured to control a size of the window and a scrolling of the display contents within the window based on contents of the resize instruction and the scroll instruction, wherein when the scroll instruction indicates that the display contents are to be scrolled, the control unit changes the window to a size indicated by the resize instruction, and scrolls the display contents according to a change amount of the window, and when the scroll instruction indicates that the display contents are not to be scrolled, the control unit changes the window to a size indicated by the resize instruction, and suppresses a scrolling of the display contents.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to receive drag of a border of a window displayed on a display screen of a display unit; and
the processor configured to resize the window with scrolling a content displayed in the window when a first region of the border of the window is dragged in a direction perpendicular to the border and without scrolling the content when a second region of the border of the window is dragged in a direction perpendicular to the border.

2. An information processing method comprising:
receiving drag of a border of a window displayed on a display screen of a display unit; and
resizing the window with scrolling a content displayed in the window when a first region of the border of the window is dragged in a direction perpendicular to the border and without scrolling the content when a second region of the border of the window is dragged in a direction perpendicular to the border.

3. A computer program stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium for causing a computer to perform an information processing method comprising:
receiving drag of a border of a window displayed on a display screen of a display unit; and
resizing the window with scrolling a content displayed in the window when a first region of the border of the window is dragged in a direction perpendicular to the border and without scrolling the content when a second region of the border of the window is dragged in a direction perpendicular to the border.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the window includes borders and corners,
at least one of the borders includes the first region and the second region, and
the first region and the second region do not overlap with each other.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the window includes borders and corners,
at least one of the borders includes the first region and the second region, and
the first region and the second region do not overlap with each other.

6. The program according to claim 3 , wherein
the window includes borders and corners,
at least one of the borders includes the first region and the second region, and
the first region and the second region do not overlap with each other.

Assignees

• Kobayashi Kiwamu
• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kobayashi Kiwamu

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title