Apparatus, method, computer-readable storage medium, and smartphone for causing scrolling of content in response to touch operations

• US 10,387,026 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2014
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takimoto, Yuuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Bycer, Eric J.
• Application Number:
  US14/888,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20160085401A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,951 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to cause, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of a display, the display being a touchscreen display,

cause, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the information processing apparatus on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display, and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first touch operation includes a drag operation.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second touch operation includes a double-tap operation.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second scrolling corresponds to a downward scroll.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region and the status region.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is not possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content region includes content corresponding to one of a document, a web page, an image, and an icon.

8. A method for an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

causing, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of a display, the display being a touchscreen display;

causing, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the information processing apparatus on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display; and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the first touch operation includes a drag operation.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the second touch operation includes a double-tap operation.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the second scrolling corresponds to a downward scroll.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is possible in the second scrolling, scrolling the content region and the status region.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is not possible in the second scrolling, scrolling the content region.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein the content region includes content corresponding to one of a document, a web page, an image, and an icon.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:

causing, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of a display, the display being a touchscreen display;

causing, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the information processing apparatus on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display; and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

16. A smartphone, comprising:

a touchscreen display; and

circuitry configured to

perform wireless communications,

cause, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of the touchscreen display,

cause, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the smartphone on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display, and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

17. The smartphone according to claim 16, wherein the first touch operation includes a double-tap operation.

18. The smartphone according to claim 16, wherein the second scrolling corresponds to a downward scroll.

19. The smartphone according to claim 16, wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region and the status region.

20. The smartphone according to claim 16, wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is not possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region.

21. The smartphone according to claim 16, wherein the content region includes content corresponding to one of a document, a web page, an image, and an icon.