INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus including a display device for displaying images in relation to the predetermined processes among a plurality of different processes and a touch panel device for outputting a depressing position signal indicating the depressing position on the touch panel and a depressing pressure signal indicating the depressing pressure to the touch panel in view of respectively executing a plurality of processes explained above depending on said depressing position signal and said depressing pressure signal, comprising:
- comparing means for comparing said depressing pressure indicated by said depressing pressure signal from said touch panel device with the reference depressing pressure;
monitoring means for monitoring change of the depressing position indicated by said depressing position signal depending on said depressing position signal from said touch panel device;
processing means for selecting and processing the process to be executed among a plurality of said processes depending on an output of said touch panel device, an output of said comparing means and an output of said monitoring means; and
display control means for modifying said display image displayed on said display device depending on an output of said touch panel device, an output of said monitoring means and said process selected by said processing means.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses an information processing apparatus comprising a display device to display images, for example, icons in relation to the predetermined process among a plurality of different processes and a touch panel device to output both signals indicating depressing position and depressing pressure in view of variously changing the images of icons displayed on the display device depending on an output of the touch panel device and a method of controlling the display of the same apparatus.
Particularly, in the information processing apparatus and its display control method of the present invention, composite icon display control is determined for the depressing pressure level information as the comparison result of the depressing pressure and reference depressing pressure and depressing position change information as the monitoring result of depressing position in addition to the depressing position information of the touch panel device.
Moreover, in the information processing apparatus and its display control method of the present invention, when the touch panel is depressed with a weak pressure, the icon corresponding to the depressing position is displayed in the high-light display mode, owing to composite determination based on such touch panel device output and the process and control depending on such determination. In addition, when the touch panel is depressed with a higher pressure to move the depressing position corresponding to the knob of icon of the varying device such as a slide volume control having the knob, both knob position and amount of control of the varying device change following the movement of the depressing position.
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1. An information processing apparatus including a display device for displaying images in relation to the predetermined processes among a plurality of different processes and a touch panel device for outputting a depressing position signal indicating the depressing position on the touch panel and a depressing pressure signal indicating the depressing pressure to the touch panel in view of respectively executing a plurality of processes explained above depending on said depressing position signal and said depressing pressure signal, comprising:
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comparing means for comparing said depressing pressure indicated by said depressing pressure signal from said touch panel device with the reference depressing pressure;
monitoring means for monitoring change of the depressing position indicated by said depressing position signal depending on said depressing position signal from said touch panel device;
processing means for selecting and processing the process to be executed among a plurality of said processes depending on an output of said touch panel device, an output of said comparing means and an output of said monitoring means; and
display control means for modifying said display image displayed on said display device depending on an output of said touch panel device, an output of said monitoring means and said process selected by said processing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of controlling display of an information processing apparatus comprising a display device to display images in relation to the predetermined process among a plurality of different processes and a touch panel device to output the depressing position signal indicating the depressing position on the touch panel and the depressing pressure signal indicating the depressing pressure for the touch panel in view of executing a plurality of different processes depending on said depressing position signal and said depressing pressure signal, comprising:
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comparing step for comparing said depressing pressure indicated by said depressing pressure signal from said touch panel device with the reference depressing pressure;
monitoring step for monitoring change of the depressing position indicated by said depressing position signal depending on said depressing position signal from said touch panel device; and
luminance processing step for executing the process to control said display device, on the occasion that said touch panel has generated an output, to increase the luminance and maintain such luminance until the next change for the image corresponding to the depressing position among the images in relation to said predetermined process indicated on said display device when the result of said comparing step indicates that said depressing pressure signal is smaller than said reference depressing pressure and when the result of said monitoring step indicates that said depressing position does not change.
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7. A method of controlling display of an information processing apparatus including a display means to display images in relation to the predetermined process among a plurality of different processes and a touch panel device to output the depressing position signal indicating the depressing position on the touch panel and the depressing pressure signal indicating the depressing pressure for the touch panel in view of executing a plurality of different processes depending on said depressing position signal and said depressing pressure signal, comprising:
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comparing step for comparing said depressing pressure indicated by said depressing pressure signal from said touch panel device with the reference depressing pressure;
monitoring step for monitoring change of the depressing position indicated by said depressing position signal depending on said depressing position signal from said touch panel device; and
varying device control processing step for controlling said display device to display on said display device a typical image of the varying device including a control knob indicating the setting position for amount of control, controlling said display device, when said touch panel device generates an output, so that said setting position of said knob displayed on said display device changes following said depressing position when the result of said comparing step indicates that said depressing pressure signal is smaller than said reference depressing pressure and the result of said monitoring step indicates that said depressing position changes continuously, next outputting a control amount signal indicating the amount of control corresponding to the setting position where said change disappears when the result of said monitoring step indicates that there is no change of said setting position and the result of said comparing step indicates that said depressing pressure signal is larger than said reference depressing pressure, and controlling said display device so that said knob displayed on said display device changes following said depressing position and also outputting a control amount signal indicating amount of control which changes following the setting position of said knob when the result of said comparing step indicates that said depressing pressure signal is larger than said reference depressing pressure and the result of said monitoring step indicates that said depressing position changes continuously.
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