Information processing apparatus and method for outputting a haptic guiding operation to a user
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a display supported by the casing that displays a first portion of content within a display region;
a plurality of active elements disposed at different locations on or within the casing; and
a processor thatdetermines a guiding direction from a location of the first portion of the content displayed in the display region to a second location of a second portion of the content, the second portion of the content being outside of the display region;
determines a perceptual strength of each active element of the plurality of active elements based on the guiding direction; and
controls activation of the plurality of active elements based on the perceptual strengths so as to provide an active indication of the guiding direction towards the second location, whereinthe processor determines the guiding direction based on a first vector and a second vector,the first vector being from a third location of the content to a second location,the second vector being from the third location to the first location; and
the third location is outside of the first portion and the second portion.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus that determines a direction to browsed next as a guiding direction with a location of content displayed by a display of the information processing apparatus as a reference location; determines a perceptual strength of each of a plurality of active elements disposed in different locations on or within a casing of the information processing apparatus based on the guiding direction; and controls each of the plurality of active elements based on the perceptual strengths.
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a casing; a display supported by the casing that displays a first portion of content within a display region; a plurality of active elements disposed at different locations on or within the casing; and a processor that determines a guiding direction from a location of the first portion of the content displayed in the display region to a second location of a second portion of the content, the second portion of the content being outside of the display region; determines a perceptual strength of each active element of the plurality of active elements based on the guiding direction; and controls activation of the plurality of active elements based on the perceptual strengths so as to provide an active indication of the guiding direction towards the second location, wherein the processor determines the guiding direction based on a first vector and a second vector, the first vector being from a third location of the content to a second location, the second vector being from the third location to the first location; and the third location is outside of the first portion and the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus that includes a casing, a display and a plurality of active elements that are disposed at different locations on or within the casing, the method comprising:
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controlling the display to display a first portion of content within a display region; determining a guiding direction from a location of the first portion of the content displayed in the display region to a second location of a second portion of the content, the second portion of the content being outside of the display region; determining a perceptual strength of each active element of the plurality of active elements based on the guiding direction; and controlling activation of the plurality of active elements based on the perceptual strengths so as to provide an active indication of the guiding direction towards the second location, wherein the guiding direction is determined based on a first vector and a second vector, the first vector being from a third location of the content to a second location, the second vector being from the third location to the first location, and the third location is outside of the first portion and the second portion.
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus that includes a casing, a display and a plurality of active elements that are disposed at different locations on or within the casing, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
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controlling the display to display a first portion of content within a display region; determining a guiding direction from a location of the first portion of the content displayed in the display region to a second location of a second portion of the content, the second portion of the content being outside of the display region; determining a perceptual strength of each active element of the plurality of active elements based on the guiding direction; and
controlling activation of the plurality of active elements based on the perceptual strengths so as to provide an active indication of the guiding direction towards the second location, whereinthe guiding direction k determined based on a first vector and a second vector, the first vector being from a third location of the content to a second location, the second vector being from the third location to the first location, and the third location is outside of the first portion and the second portion.
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