Information processing device and display method

• US 10,303,334 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2016
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Arai, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Merkoulova, Olga V
• Application Number:
  US15/370,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20170083192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An information processing device is provided that includes a display portion, a user recognition portion, a button selection portion, and a display control portion. The display portion displays at least one function button that is related to a function that the information processing device is capable of performing. The user recognition portion recognizes a user who is operating the information processing device. The button selection portion selects, from among the at least one function button that is displayed on the display portion, at least one function button that corresponds to the user who has been recognized by the user recognition portion. The display control portion moves the function button that has been selected by the button selection portion from an initial position on a display screen of the display portion such that the function button is close to a specified position on the display screen.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a display portion configured to display a plurality of function buttons, wherein each function button of the plurality of function buttons is related to a function that the information processing device is capable to perform;

a user recognition portion configured to recognize a user who operates the information processing device;

a button selection portion configured to select at least one function button from the plurality of function buttons displayed on the display portion,

wherein the selected at least one function button corresponds to the recognized user; and

a display control portion configured to move the selected at least one function button from a first initial position on a display screen of the display portion to a specified position on the display screen.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a position detection portion configured to detect a position on the display screen of the display portion that an operating object touched or approached,

wherein the display control portion is further configured to move the selected at least one function button from the first initial position to the detected position on the display screen.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the button selection portion is further configured to select a first function button from the plurality of function buttons, and

the selected first function button corresponds to a first function recommended to the recognized user based on an attribute of the user.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein

the user recognition portion is further configured to recognize the user who operates the information processing device, based on biometric information for the user, and

the button selection portion is further configured to:

determine the attribute of the user based on at least one of the biometric information for the user or a user operating speed; and

select the first function button for the function recommended to the user, based on the determined attribute.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the button selection portion is further configured to select a second function button from the plurality of function buttons,

the selected second function button corresponds to a second function whose frequency of use is higher than other functions of a plurality of functions that the information processing device is capable to perform, and

the frequency of use is based on use histories for the plurality of functions that the information processing device is capable to perform.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an environment detection portion configured to detect an environment surrounding the information processing device,

wherein the button selection portion is further configured to select a third function button from the plurality of function buttons, and

wherein the selected third function button corresponds to a third function that corresponds to the environment surrounding the information processing device.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the user recognition portion is further configured to recognize a plurality of users who operate the information processing device at a same time,

the button selection portion is further configured to select a plurality of fourth function buttons,

each fourth function button of the selected plurality of fourth function buttons corresponds to a respective recognized user of the plurality of the users, and

the display control portion is further configured to move each fourth function button of the selected plurality of fourth function buttons from a respective second initial position on the display screen to corresponding positions on the display screen designated by the respective recognized user of the plurality of users.

8. A display method, comprising:

displaying, on a display portion, a plurality of function buttons, wherein each function button of the plurality of function buttons is related to a function that an information processing device is capable to perform;

recognizing a user who operates the information processing device;

selecting at least one function button from the plurality of function buttons displayed on the display portion,

wherein the selected at least one function button corresponds to the recognized user; and

moving the selected at least one function button from an initial position on a display screen of the display portion to a specified position on the display screen.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by an information processing device, cause the information processing device to execute operations, the operations comprising:

displaying, on a display portion, a plurality of function buttons, wherein each function button of the plurality of function buttons is related to a function that the information processing device is capable to perform;

recognizing a user who operates the information processing device;

selecting at least one function button from the plurality of function buttons that is displayed on the display portion,

wherein the selected at least one function button corresponds to the recognized user; and

moving the selected at least one function button from an initial position on a display screen of the display portion to a specified position on the display screen.