Apparatus and method for processing information, and program and medium used therefor

• US 20020054157A1
• Filed: 04/27/2001
• Published: 05/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Agata, Hideyuki, Hayashi, Masakazu, Imamura, Makoto, Sciammarella, Eduardo Agusto
• Granted Patent: US 7,065,710 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for processing information, and a program and a program storage medium are disclosed. A content processing routine 152-1 controls the display of a thumbnail and determines whether or not a predetermined time has passed with the thumbnail selected. If the predetermined time is found passed with the thumbnail selected, the content processing routine 152-1 controls the display of the information associated with the thumbnail to a predetermined position corresponding to the display position of the thumbnail.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

first display control means for controlling the display of a thumbnail;

determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined time has passed with said thumbnail selected; and

second display control means for controlling, if said predetermined time is found passed with said thumbnail selected, the display of information associated with said thumbnail at a predetermined position corresponding to the display position of said thumbnail.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second display control means controls the display so that said information associated with said thumbnail is displayed in a semitransparent frame or on a semitransparent background.

3. The information processing method comprising the steps of:

controlling the display of a thumbnail;

determining whether or not a predetermined time has passed with said thumbnail selected; and

controlling, if said predetermined time is found passed with said thumbnail selected, the display of information associated with said thumbnail at a predetermined position corresponding to the display position of said thumbnail.

4. A program storage medium for storing a computer-readable program comprising the steps of:

controlling the display of a thumbnail;

determining whether or not a predetermined time has passed with said thumbnail selected; and

controlling, if said predetermined time is found passed with said thumbnail selected, the display of information associated with said thumbnail at a predetermined position corresponding to the display position of said thumbnail.

5. A computer-readable program comprising the steps of:

controlling the display of a thumbnail;

determining whether or not a predetermined time has passed with said thumbnail selected; and

controlling, if said predetermined time is found passed with said thumbnail selected, the display of information associated with said thumbnail at a predetermined position corresponding to the display position of said thumbnail.