Information processing apparatus and information processing system

• US 10,255,015 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsubara, Naoki, Isshi, Toyohide, Mine, Aramu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US15/812,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20180074774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 345 12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 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 Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, a reception processing section, a received data processing section which acquires information obtained by communication with the communication partner device, a display section which displays the information, and a display processing section which executes processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

communicate, by wireless communication, with a first communication partner device;

acquire first information obtained by the wireless communication with the first communication partner device, and positional information associated with the first communication partner device;

generate display information to display a user interface (UI) for the first information, wherein the display information is generated based on content of the first information;

change the display of the UI based on at least one of a type of the first communication partner device, a received signal strength of the first communication partner device, or a data capacity of the first communication partner device; and

change the UI based on the positional information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the UI includes one of a circular ripple, a semicircular ripple, or a first ripple that corresponds to a portion of a circle, and wherein the first communication partner device is at a center of one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple propagates in an outward direction from the center.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple propagates based on the content of the first information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry is further configured to change at least one of a shape, a color, an amplitude, or a frequency of one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the shape, the color, the amplitude, or the frequency of one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple is changed based on at least one of the received signal strength or the data capacity.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first communication partner device is a mobile phone.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to detect a position of the first communication partner device, and wherein the position of the first communication partner device is associated with one of a center of a display section of the information processing apparatus or a side of the display section.

9. An information processing method, comprising:

communicating, by wireless communication, with a first communication partner device;

acquiring first information obtained by the wireless communication with the first communication partner device, and positional information associated with the first communication partner device;

generating display information for displaying a user interface (UI) for the first information, wherein the display information is generated based on content of the first information;

changing the display of the UI based on at least one of a type of the first communication partner device, a received signal strength of the first communication partner device, or data capacity of the first communication partner device; and

changing the UI based on the positional information.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the UI includes one of a circular ripple, a semicircular ripple, or a first ripple that corresponds to a portion of a circle, and wherein the first communication partner device is at a center of one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple propagates in an outward direction from the center.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple propagates based on the content of the first information.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12, further comprising changing at least one of a shape, a color, an amplitude, or a frequency of one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the shape, the color, the amplitude, or the frequency of one of the circular ripple, the semicircular ripple, or the first ripple is changed based on at least one of the received signal strength or the data capacity.

15. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the first communication partner device is a mobile phone.

16. The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising detecting a position of the first communication partner device, wherein the position of the first communication partner device is associated with one of a center of a display section or a side of the display section of an information processing apparatus.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

communicating, by wireless communication, with a first communication partner device;

acquiring first information obtained by the wireless communication with the first communication partner device, and positional information associated with the first communication partner device;

generating display information for displaying a user interface (UI) for the first information, wherein the display information is generated based on content of the first information;

changing the display of the UI based on at least one of a type of the first communication partner device, a received signal strength of the first communication partner device, or data capacity of the first communication partner device; and

changing the UI based on the positional information.