INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20070290994A1
• Filed: 05/04/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Kenichiro, Kawasaki, Katsuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 7,812,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first display control unit configured to display information on a display screen, a detection unit configured to detect the operation direction and an operation amount of a direction inputting operation, a scroll control unit configured to scroll the information displayed on the display screen in the operation direction detected by the detection unit, and a second display control unit configured to control the display of information so that the higher the operation amount detected by the detection unit, the wider a display area becomes in the operation direction detected by the detection unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first display control unit configured to display information on a display screen;

a detection unit configured to detect an operation direction and an operation amount of a direction inputting operation;

a scroll control unit configured to scroll the information displayed on the display screen in the operation direction detected by the detection unit; and

a second display control unit configured to control display of information so that the larger the operation amount detected by the detection unit, the wider a display area becomes in the operation direction detected by the detection unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the direction inputting operation is pressing of at least one button, and wherein the operation amount is an amount of time the at least one button is pressed, the amount of pressure applied when the at least one button is pressed, or a number of times the at least one button is pressed.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the direction inputting operation is movement of a joy stick, and wherein the operation amount is the amount of time the joy stick is inclined, the amount of pressure applied when inclining the joy stick, or the number of times the joy stick is inclined.

4. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to display information on a display screen;

a cursor display control unit configured to display a cursor on the displayed information;

a detection unit configured to detect an operation direction and an operation amount of a direction inputting operation;

a scroll control unit configured to scroll information displayed on the display screen in the operation direction detected by the detection unit; and

a first cursor movement control unit configured to move the cursor in a direction contrary to the operation direction detected by the detection unit when the operation amount detected by the detection unit exceeds a predetermined value.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a second cursor movement control unit configured to move the cursor in operation direction detected by the detection unit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the higher the operation amount detected by the detection unit, faster the second cursor movement control unit moves the cursor.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the operation amount detected by the detection unit becomes higher, the cursor display control unit makes an arrow indicating a moving direction of the cursor longer or thicker, or changes the color of the arrow.

8. An method for processing information, the method comprising:

displaying information on a display screen;

detecting an operation direction and an operation amount of a direction inputting operation;

scrolling the information displayed on the display screen in the detected operation direction; and

controlling display of information so that the larger the operation amount, the wider a display area becomes in the detected operation direction.

9. A program stored on a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps causing a computer to execute the method of claim 8.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps causing a computer to execute the method of claim 8.

11. An method for processing information, the method comprising:

displaying information on a display screen;

displaying a cursor on the information;

detecting an operation direction and an operation amount of a direction inputting operation;

scrolling information displayed on the display screen in the detected operation direction; and

moving the cursor in a direction contrary to the detected operation direction when the operation amount detected by the detection unit exceeds a predetermined value.

12. A program stored on a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps causing a computer to execute the method of claim 11.

13. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps causing a computer to execute the method of claim 11.