Controlling layout of a display

• US 10,346,028 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2013
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsumura, Nao
• Primary Examiner(s): Repsher, III, John T
• Application Number:
  US14/387,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,275 Days
• Field of Search: 715810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 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

There is provided an information processing device including a region control unit that provides a plurality of objects arranged in a predetermined direction with a detection region that detects contact or proximity of a pointing member, and conducts control in a manner that a plurality of modes exist with differing states of overlap between ranges in the predetermined direction of the detection region for the objects that neighbor each other.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

memory configured to store instructions; and

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory, wherein the CPU is further configured to;

provide a plurality of objects arranged in a direction on a display screen,

wherein each object of the plurality of objects comprises an object region and a detection region, and

wherein the detection region detects one of contact or proximity of a pointing member;

control such that a plurality of modes exist, with different states of overlap in the direction between a first object region of a first object of the plurality of objects and a first detection region of a second object of the plurality of objects,

wherein the first object and the second object are a pair of adjacent objects of the plurality of objects;

control a transition between two modes of the plurality of modes based on a width of each of the plurality of objects that falls below a threshold value; and

change, based on the transition between the two modes of the plurality of modes, at least a part of the detection region of each of the plurality of objects such that the width of each of the plurality of objects at the detection region exceeds the threshold value.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is further configured to control the transition between the two modes of the plurality of modes accompanied by an animation.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the CPU is further configured to control the transition between the two modes of the plurality of modes accompanied by an animation of the detection region of each of the plurality of objects.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the CPU is further configured to control the transition between the two modes of the plurality of modes accompanied by movement of information displayed in the plurality of objects.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein based on the transition between the two modes of the plurality of modes, the CPU is further configured to change the at least the part of the detection region of each of the plurality of objects to create an overlap between the detection region of each of the plurality of the objects and object regions of adjacent objects.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is further configured to change at least the part of the detection region, of each object of the plurality of objects, into a circular shape.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the CPU is further configured to systematically change at least the part of the detection region, of each object of the plurality of objects, into the circular shape along the direction.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the CPU is further configured to alternately change at least the part of the detection region, of each object of the plurality of objects, into the circular shape along the direction.

9. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the CPU is further configured to change at least the part of the detection region, of each object of the plurality of objects, into the circular shape along each of the direction and a first direction, and wherein the first direction is different from the direction.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is further configured to change the detection region, of each object of the plurality of objects, into a trapezoidal shape.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein the CPU is further configured to change the detection region, of each object of the plurality of objects, into the trapezoidal shape such that an upper base and a lower base of the detection region alternate.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of modes includes a first mode and a second mode,

wherein the CPU is further configured to control the transition between the first mode and the second mode such that both the first mode and the second mode exist, and

wherein the detection region of each of the plurality of the objects overlaps with object regions of adjacent objects in the first mode and an overlap of the detection region with the object region is avoided in the second mode.

13. An information processing method, comprising:

providing a plurality of objects arranged in a direction on a display screen,

wherein each object of the plurality of objects comprises an object region and a detection region, and

wherein the detection region detects one of contact or proximity of a pointing member;

controlling such that a plurality of modes exist, with different states of overlap in the direction between a first object region of a first object of the plurality of objects and a first detection region of a second object of the plurality of objects,

wherein the first object and the second object are a pair of adjacent objects of the plurality of objects;

controlling a transition between two modes of the plurality of modes based on a width of each of the plurality of objects that falls below a threshold value; and

changing, based on the transition between the two modes of the plurality of modes, at least a part of the detection region of each of the plurality of objects such that the width of each of the plurality of objects at the detection region exceeds the threshold value.

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

providing a plurality of objects arranged in a direction on a display screen,

wherein each object of the plurality of objects comprises an object region and a detection region, and

wherein the detection region detects one of contact or proximity of a pointing member;

controlling such that a plurality of modes exist, with different states of overlap in the direction between a first object region of a first object of the plurality of objects and a first detection region of a second object of the plurality of objects,

wherein the first object and the second object are a pair of adjacent objects of the plurality of objects;

controlling a transition between two modes of the plurality of modes based on a width of each of the plurality of objects that falls below a threshold value; and

changing, based on the transition between the two modes of the plurality of modes, at least a part of the detection region of each of the plurality of objects such that the width of each of the plurality of objects at the detection region exceeds the threshold value.