Display apparatus and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium with display control program stored thereon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9535580-B2
Application number	US-201514606303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a display section, a control section, a first movement information detecting section configured to detect an amount of movement from an initial point to a primary stopping point of an operator's index finger touching a touch panel; a second movement information detecting section configured to detect an amount of movement from an initial point to a primary stopping point of an operator's thumb touching the touch panel; an amount-of-value-change calculating section configured to calculate, from the amount of movement of the index finger, an amount of numerical value change at each numerical display switch; and a switching speed calculating section configured to calculate, from the amount of movement of the thumb, a switching speed at each numerical display switch. The control section allows the numerical display switch of the display section in the calculated amount of numerical value change at the calculated switching speed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display section configured to display an image;
a display control section configured to control a display operation of the display section;
an operating point detecting section configured to detect an operating point where an operator has performed an operation on a display screen of the display section;
a number-of-points detecting section configured to detect whether or not two operating points has been substantially concurrently detected by the operating point detecting section;
a first movement information detecting section configured, when the two operating points are detected by the number-of-points detecting section, operating points forming coordinate points continuous from an initial point which is one of the two detected operating points are successively detected by the operating point detecting section, and the successive detection of the operating points is then stopped, to detect first movement information indicating an amount of movement from the initial point to a primary stopping point where the successive detection is stopped;
a second movement information detecting section configured, when the two operating points are detected by the number-of-points detecting section, operating points forming coordinate points continuous from an initial point which is the other of the two detected operating points are successively detected by the operating point detecting section, and the successive detection of the operating points is then stopped, to detect second movement information indicating an amount of movement from the initial point to a primary stopping point where the successive detection is stopped;
an amount-of-value-change calculating section configured to calculate, from the amount of movement detected by the first movement information detecting section, a predetermined increment used as an amount of numerical value change at each display switch so that the display control section allows the display section to switch a display from one to another of a plurality of numerical values in succession in increasing or decreasing order; and
a switching speed calculating section configured to calculate, from the amount of movement detected by the second movement information detecting section, a display period of each of the plurality of numerical values used as a switching speed at each display switch so that the display control section allows the display section to switch the display from one to another of the plurality of numerical values in succession in the amount of numerical value change,
wherein the display control section is further configured to allow the display section to switch the display from one to another of the plurality of numerical values in succession in the calculated amount of numerical value change and use the calculated switching speed as the switching speed at the display switch from one to another of the plurality of numerical values.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the amount-of-value-change calculating section is configured to calculate the amount of numerical value change to be greater as the amount of movement detected by the first movement information detecting section is greater.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the switching speed calculating section is configured to calculate the switching speed to be higher as the detected amount of movement is greater.

4. A display apparatus comprising:
a display section configured to display an image;
a display control section configured to control a display operation of the display section;
an operating point detecting section configured to detect an operating point where an operator has performed an operation on a display screen of the display section;
a number-of-points detecting section configured to detect whether or not two operating points has been substantially concurrently detected by the operating point detecting section;
a first movement information detecting section configured, when the two operating points are detected by the number-of-points detecting section, operating points forming coordinate points continuous from an initial point which is one of the two detected operating points are successively detected by the operating point detecting section, and the successive detection of the operating points is then stopped, to detect first movement information indicating an amount of movement from the initial point to a primary stopping point where the successive detection is stopped;
a second movement information detecting section configured, when the two operating points are detected by the number-of-points detecting section, operating points forming coordinate points continuous from an initial point which is the other of the two detected operating points are successively detected by the operating point detecting section, and the successive detection of the operating points is then stopped, to detect second movement information indicating an amount of movement from the initial point to a primary stopping point where the successive detection is stopped;
an amount-of-value-change calculating section configured to calculate, from the amount of movement detected by the first movement information detecting section, an amount of numerical value change at each display switch made so that the display control section allows the display section to switch a display from one to another of a plurality of numerical values in succession in increasing or decreasing order; and
a switching speed calculating section configured to calculate, from the amount of movement detected by the second movement information detecting section, a switching speed at each display switch made so that the display control section allows the display section to switch the display from one to another of the plurality of numerical values in succession in the amount of numerical value change,
wherein the display control section is further configured to allow the display section to switch the display from one to another of the plurality of numerical values in succession in the calculated amount of numerical value change and use the calculated switching speed as the switching speed at the display switch from one to another of the plurality of numerical values,
the first movement information detecting section is further configured to detect, together with the amount of movement, a direction of movement from the initial point to the primary stopping point,
the display apparatus further comprises:
a third movement information detecting section configured, when the operating points forming coordinate points continuous from the primary stopping point detected by the first movement information detecting section are successively detected in a predetermined direction by the operating point detecting section and the successive detection of the operating points is then stopped again, to detect an amount of movement from the primary stopping point to a secondary stopping point where the successive detection is stopped again; and
a first display style determining section configured to determine a first display style of numerical values to be displayed on the display section according to the amount of movement detected by the third movement information detecting section, and
the display control section is further configured to allow the display section to switch the display from one to another of the plurality of numerical values in succession in the calculated amount of numerical value change using the first display style determined by the first display style determining section and use the calculated switching speed as the switching speed at the display switch from one to another of the plurality of numerical values.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Takeda Hideki
• Namii Takashi
• Hirobe Yumi

Classifications

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• G06F2203/04104

  Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger · CPC title

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title