Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9411503-B2
Application number	US-48799509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2009
Priority date	Jul 17, 2008
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

An information processing device includes: a main unit to be held; a display unit provided on the main unit such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face thereof, to display information on the information display screen; a touch position detection unit to detect a touch position on the information display screen, and generate touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates based on two axes intersecting at the detected touch position; and a control unit to display predetermined information on the information display screen, in the event of detecting that the touch position on the information display screen is being continually displaced from within a predetermined region on the information display screen in a predetermined first diagonal direction as to two directions following the two axes, based on the touch position detection data generated by the touch position detection unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising:
a housing configured to be held by a user;
a display provided on said housing such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face of said housing, said display configured to display information on said information display screen; and
circuitry configured to:
detect a touch position on said information display screen of said display when the user starts a touch operation on said information display screen;
generate touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates;
determine whether a displacement distance in a predetermined first diagonal Direction exceeds a predetermined comparative reference displacement distance,
wherein the displacement distance is calculated, according to said touch position detection data, between a start position of the touch operation and an end position of the touch operation when the user continually displaces said touch position on said information display screen of said display along a single convex arc from a touch operation start area toward a touch operation end area within a predetermined region on said information display screen;
determine whether a touch operation duration time of being continually displaced along the single convex arc from the touch operation start area toward the touch operation end area exceeds a predetermined comparative reference time; and
display, only when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, predetermined information on said information display screen according to said touch position detection data generated by said circuitry, wherein

the predetermined region on said information display screen corresponds to a sweepable range of the user.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry displays display indicators indicating items of a processing menu as said predetermined information on said predetermined region on said information display screen, and
when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction fails to exceed the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time fails to exceed the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry determines said touch position to be a position of another touch operation including a tap operation and a long hold operation.

3. The information processing device according claim 2 , wherein when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry displays the display indicators so as to be moved in said first diagonal direction from the side of said predetermined region on said information display screen of said display.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein
when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry detects whether or not said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen at a comparative reference speed or faster,
when said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen at a comparative reference speed or faster, said circuitry displays said display indicators being moved in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at a final display position, and
when said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen at a comparative reference speed or faster, said circuitry displays said display indicators so as to be moved in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at a speed following that of the displacement of said touch position.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein
when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry detects that said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen and accordingly displaying said display indicators at said final display position, and
wherein said circuitry determines whether a second displacement distance in a predetermined second diagonal direction opposite to said first diagonal direction exceeds predetermined comparative reference displacement distance, wherein the second displacement distance is calculated, according to said touch position detection data, between a start position of the touch operation and an end position of the touch operation when the user continually displaces said touch position on said information display screen of said display along a single convex arc from the touch operation end area toward the touch operation start area within the predetermined region on said information display screen, and
said circuitry determines whether a second touch operation duration time of being continually displaced along the single convex arc from the touch operation end area toward the touch operation start area in said predetermined second diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, and
when the second displacement distance in the predetermined second diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the second touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry moves said display indicators at said final display position within said information display screen of said display, to said predetermined region side of said information display screen so as to be removed.

6. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry displays one or a plurality of said display indicators on the course of displacement of said touch position on said information display screen of said display.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6 , herein when the displacement distance in the predetermined first diagonal direction exceeds the predetermined comparative reference displacement distance and the touch operation duration time exceeds the predetermined comparative reference time, said circuitry displays one or a plurality of said display indicators on said information display screen of said display, at a size corresponding to the length of the course of displacement of said touch position.

8. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein when the displacement di

Assignees

• Ikeda Takuo
• Akagawa Satoshi
• Asai Satoshi
• Kitao Takashi
• Li Dan
• Mugura Kazuto
• Nishimura Makoto
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Ikeda Takuo
• Akagawa Satoshi
• Asai Satoshi
• Kitao Takashi
• Li Dan
• Mugura Kazuto
• Nishimura Makoto

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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