Information processing device, information processing method, and program for generating a notification sound
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a display control unit configured toinitiate a selective displaying of only active content screens of a plurality of content screens as a currently displaying screen that is displayed by a display unit, based on a user operation,wherein the active content screens are screens arranged to be selectively displayed before an outputting of a notification sound; and
a sound output control unit configured togenerate localization information of the notification sound associated with activating a currently inactive application, andinitiate, when the notification sound is associated with activating a first content screen of the plurality of content screens that is an inactive screen and corresponding to the currently inactive application, the outputting of the notification sound, in accordance with the localization information, with a directivity that conveys to a user an operation direction for accessing the first content screen to enable a changing of the currently displaying screen from a second content screen of the active content screens to the first content screen,wherein the inactive screen is a screen not arranged to be selectively displayed before the outputting of the notification sound associated with the currently inactive application is initiated,wherein the display control unit is further configured to, after the outputting of the notification sound is initiated, activate, based on the user operation and corresponding to the operation direction, the first content screen so that the display control unit enables the selective displaying, based on the user operation, of the first content screen as the currently displaying screen, andwherein the display control unit and the sound output control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.
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Abstract
Provided is an information processing device including a display control unit configured to initiate a selective displaying of content screens, and a sound output control unit configured to generate localization information of a notification sound associated with a first content screen that is not currently being displayed and initiate an outputting of the notification sound to a user in accordance with the localization information while a second content screen is being displayed.
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a display control unit configured to initiate a selective displaying of only active content screens of a plurality of content screens as a currently displaying screen that is displayed by a display unit, based on a user operation, wherein the active content screens are screens arranged to be selectively displayed before an outputting of a notification sound; and a sound output control unit configured to generate localization information of the notification sound associated with activating a currently inactive application, and initiate, when the notification sound is associated with activating a first content screen of the plurality of content screens that is an inactive screen and corresponding to the currently inactive application, the outputting of the notification sound, in accordance with the localization information, with a directivity that conveys to a user an operation direction for accessing the first content screen to enable a changing of the currently displaying screen from a second content screen of the active content screens to the first content screen, wherein the inactive screen is a screen not arranged to be selectively displayed before the outputting of the notification sound associated with the currently inactive application is initiated, wherein the display control unit is further configured to, after the outputting of the notification sound is initiated, activate, based on the user operation and corresponding to the operation direction, the first content screen so that the display control unit enables the selective displaying, based on the user operation, of the first content screen as the currently displaying screen, and wherein the display control unit and the sound output control unit are each implemented via at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a display unit configured to selectively display only active content screens of a plurality of content screens as a currently displaying screen that is displayed by a display unit, based on a user operation, wherein the active content screens are screens arranged to be selectively displayed before an outputting of a notification sound; a sound output control unit configured to generate localization information of the notification sound associated with activating a currently inactive application; and a sound output unit configured to output, when the notification sound is associated with activating a first content screen of the plurality of content screens that is an inactive screen and corresponding to the currently inactive application, in accordance with the localization information, the notification sound with a directivity that conveys to a user an operation direction for accessing the first content screen to enable a changing of the currently displaying screen from a second content screen of the active content screens to the first content screen, wherein the inactive screen is a screen not arranged to be selectively displayed before the outputting of the notification sound associated with the currently inactive application is initiated, wherein the display unit is further configured to, after the outputting of the notification sound, activate, based on the user operation and corresponding to the operation direction, the first content screen so that the display unit enables the selective displaying, based on the user operation, of the first content screen as the currently displaying screen, and wherein the display unit, the sound output control unit, and the sound output unit are each implemented via at least one processor.
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28. An information processing method comprising:
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enabling selective displaying of only active screens of a plurality of content screens as a currently displaying screen, based on a user operation, wherein the active content screens are screens arranged to be selectively displayed before an outputting of a notification sound; generating localization information of the notification sound associated with activating a currently inactive application; outputting, when the notification sound is associated with activating a first content screen, of the plurality of content screens, that is an inactive screen and corresponding to the currently inactive application, in accordance with the localization information, the notification sound with a directivity that conveys to a user an operation direction for accessing the first content screen to enable a changing of the currently displaying screen from a second content screen of the active content screens to the first content screen, wherein the inactive screen is a screen not arranged to be selectively displayed before the outputting of the notification sound associated with the currently inactive application is initiated; and after the outputting of the notification sound, activating, based on the user operation and corresponding to the operation direction, the first content screen to enable the selective displaying, based on the user operation, of the first content screen as the currently displaying screen. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:
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enabling selective displaying of only active screens of a plurality of content screens as a currently displaying screen, based on a user operation, wherein the active content screens are screens arranged to be selectively displayed before an outputting of a notification sound; generating localization information of the notification sound associated with activating a currently inactive application; outputting, when the notification sound is associated with activating a first content screen, of the plurality of content screens, that is an inactive screen and corresponding to the currently inactive application, in accordance with the localization information, the notification sound with a directivity that conveys to a user an operation direction for accessing the first content screen to enable a changing of the currently displaying screen from a second content screen of the active content screens to the first content screen, wherein the inactive screen is a screen not arranged to be selectively displayed before the outputting of the notification sound associated with the currently inactive application is initiated; and after the outputting of the notification sound, activating, based on the user operation and corresponding to the operation direction, the first content screen to enable the selective displaying, based on the user operation, of the first content screen as the currently displaying screen.
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