Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product

• US 10,705,696 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2017
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings SAS (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Reiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parbadia, Pritisha N
• Application Number:
  US15/427,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20170212667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• Field of Search: 715863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulation body on a display screen and a control unit configured to, if a first manipulation on the display screen in a locked state is detected, display, on the display screen, icons to be arranged based on a reference point indicating a position of the manipulation body when the first manipulation is completed, and if a second manipulation indicating a direction from the reference point is detected, start up an application corresponding to the icon specified by the second manipulation. An associated method and computer readable storage medium are also described.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a touch sensor configured to detect an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen; and

processing circuitry configured to;

enable a user to pre-select at least (i) a first set of application icons corresponding to a first set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at first destination, the first set of applications including at least a calendar application, (ii) a second set of application icons corresponding to a second set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at a second destination, the second set of applications including at least internet application, and (iii) a third set of application icons corresponding to a third set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at a third destination, the third set of applications including at least a music application;

store, in a memory, a plurality of sets of user-pre-selected applications icons including the at least the first, second, and third set of application icons, each set of the user pre-selected application icons being associated with a location of the information processing apparatus;

operate in a locked screen state of the information processing apparatus, the locked screen state being a state in which user manipulations other than a predetermined manipulation are invalidated;

response to a detection of a first manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen is detected in the locked screen state, acquire position information of a current location of the information processing apparatus from a global positioning system (GPS), identify, in the locked screen state, a set of user-pre-selected application icons from the plurality of sets of user-pre-selected application icons based on the acquired position information from the GPS, the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons corresponding to the current location of the information processing apparatus, and cause, in the locked screen state, a display of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons on the display screen; and

in case, subsequently to the first manipulation, a second manipulation of the manipulation body to select one of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons is detected within a predetermined period of time, start up an application corresponding to the selected one of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a position corresponding to the first manipulation of the manipulation body is close to an edge of the display screen and the set of user-pre-selected application icons is arranged in a column along the edge in the case the first manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen is detected.

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

the display screen has at least two areas to be touched by the manipulation body, and

the processing circuitry is configured to cause a display of a set of user-pre-selected application icons based on an touched area in the at least two areas, on which the first manipulation of the manipulation body is detected.

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

the at least two areas includes a first area and a second area,

the processing circuitry is configured to cause a display of a first set of user-pre-selected application icons in case the first manipulation of the manipulation body is detected on the first area, and

the processing circuitry is configured to cause a display of a second set of user-pre-selected application icons in case the first manipulation of the manipulation body is detected on the second area, the second set of user-pre-selected application icons being different from the first set of user-pre-selected application icons.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, in case, subsequently to the first manipulation, a third manipulation to operate an area other than the displayed set of user-pre-selected application icons is detected, perform a process different from an application starts up process corresponding to one of the displayed set of a user-pre-selected application icons.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, in case, subsequently to the first manipulation, a second manipulation of the manipulation body to select one of the set of user-pre-selected application icons is not detected within the predetermined period of time, end a unlock and application start-up process.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, in case the second manipulation of the manipulation body to select one of the set of user-pre-selected application icons is detected, start up an application corresponding to the selected one of application icons while unlocking the locked screen state.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, when the second manipulation of the manipulation body to select one of the set of user-pre-selected application icons is detected, start up an application corresponding to the selected one of application icons without displaying home screen.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause a display of the set of user-pre-selected application icons based on a reference point, said reference point being a last contact position of the first manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first manipulation includes a touch operation on the display screen.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first manipulation includes a press-and-hold operation on the display screen.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second manipulation includes a drag operation on the display screen.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the locked screen state is a state where an input manipulation is restricted, or a state where an unintended input manipulation is prevented.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

receive a user input of the plurality of sets of user-pre-selected application icons and corresponding locations of the information processing apparatus; and

store, in the memory, the plurality of sets of user-pre-selected application icons, each set of the user-pre-selected application being associated with a location of the information processing apparatus, based on the user input.

14. An information processing method comprising:

detecting an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen;

enabling a user to pre-select at least (i) a first set of application icons corresponding to a first set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at first destination, the first set of applications including at least a calendar application, (ii) a second set of application icons corresponding to a second set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at a second destination, the second set of applications including at least internet applications, and (iii) a third set of applications icons corresponding to a third set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at a third destination, the third set of applications including at least a music application;

storing, in a memory, a plurality of sets of user-pre-selected application icons, each set of the user-pre-selected applications icons, applications icons including the at least the first, second, and third set of application icons, each being associated with a location of the information processing apparatus;

operating processing circuitry in a locked screen state of the information processing apparatus, the locked screen state being a state in which user manipulations other than a predetermined manipulation are invalidated;

in response to a detection of a first manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen is detected in the locked screen state, acquiring, using the processing circuitry position information of a current location of the information processing apparatus from a global positioning system (GPS), identifying, in the locked screen state, a set of user-pre-selected application icons from the plurality of sets of user-pre-selected application icons based on the acquired position information from the GPS, the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons corresponding to the current location of the information processing apparatus, and causing, in the locked screen state, a display of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons on the display screen; and

in case, subsequently to the first manipulation, a second manipulation of the manipulation body to select one of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons is detected within a predetermined period of time, starting up an application corresponding to the selected one of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons.

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

detecting an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen;

enabling a user to pre-select at least (i) a first set of applications icons corresponding to a first set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at a first destination, the first set of applications including at least a calendar application, (ii) a second set of applications icons corresponding to a second set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at a second destination, the second set of applications including at least internet applications, and (iii) a third set of application icons corresponding to a third set of applications that are frequently used when the user is at a third destination, the third set of applications including at least a music application;

storing, in a memory, a plurality of sets of user-pre-selected applications icons, applications icons including the at least the first, second, and third set of application icons, each set of the user-pre-selected application icons being associated with a location of the information processing apparatus;

acquiring, operating in a locked screen state of the information processing apparatus, the locked screen state being a state in which user manipulations other than a predetermined manipulation are invalidated;

in response to a detection of a first manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen in the locked screen state, acquiring position information of a current location of the information processing apparatus from a global positioning system (GPS), identifying, in the locked screen state, a set of user-pre-selected application icons from the plurality of sets of user-pre-selected application icons based on the acquired position information from the GPS, the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons corresponding to the current location of the information processing apparatus, and causing, in the locked screen state, a display of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons on the display screen; and

in case, subsequently to the first manipulation, a second manipulation of the manipulation body to select one of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons is detected within a predetermined period of time, starting up an application corresponding to the selected one of the identified set of user-pre-selected application icons.