INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTER, AND CONTROL METHOD

• US 20080079691A1
• Filed: 09/14/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kawasaki, Katsuhiko, Kuboyama, Hideo
• Application Number:
  US11/855,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20080079691A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

An information processing apparatus including a switch configured to detect a first operation and a second operation and a display screen includes a first display control unit configured to display information on the display screen according to a first setting, a second display control unit configured to, when the first operation is detected by the switch, display information on the display screen according to a second setting that is set when the second operation is detected by the switch, and a third display control unit configured to shift from the first setting to the second setting when the second operation is detected after the first operation is detected and before the detected first operation is canceled, and to display information on the display screen according to the first setting when it is detected that the first operation is canceled while the second operation is not detected.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus including a switch configured to detect a first operation and a second operation and a display screen, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a first display control unit configured to display information on the display screen according to a first setting;

a second display control unit configured to, when the first operation is detected by the switch, display information on the display screen according to a second setting that is set when the second operation is detected by the switch; and

a third display control unit configured to shift from the first setting to the second setting when the second operation is detected after the first operation is detected and before the detected first operation is canceled, and to display information on the display screen according to the first setting when it is detected that the first operation is canceled while the second operation is not detected.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation includes touching the switch, and

wherein the second operation includes pressing the switch.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation includes detecting an amount of movement of a portion of the switch at which the switch is touched, and

wherein the second operation includes pressing the switch.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the switch is configured to be pressed at two or more different levels:

wherein the first operation includes pressing the switch up to a predetermined level; and

wherein the second operation includes further pressing the switch beyond the predetermined level.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is detected that the first operation is canceled when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the first operation of the switch is canceled.

6. An information processing apparatus including a switch configured to detect a first operation and a second operation, a display screen configured to display information, and a speech input unit, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a speech recognition unit configured to recognize speech input via the speech input unit;

a first display control unit configured to display information on the display screen according to a first setting;

a second display control unit configured to, when the first operation is detected by the switch, display information on the display screen according to a second setting that is set based on a result of speech recognition performed by the speech recognition unit; and

a third display control unit configured to shift from the first setting to the second setting when the second operation is detected after the first operation is detected and before the detected first operation is canceled, and to display information on the display screen according to the first setting when it is detected that the first operation is canceled while the second operation is not detected.

7. A transmitter including a switch configured to detect a first operation and a second operation, the transmitter comprising:

a first transmitting unit configured to, when the first operation is detected by the switch, transmit a control signal for instructing displaying information according to a setting that is set when the second operation is detected by the switch; and

a second transmitting unit configured to transmit control information for restoring a previous setting when, after the first operation is detected by the switch, it is detected that the first operation is canceled while the second operation is not detected.

8. The transmitter according to claim 7, further comprising a third transmitting unit configured to transmit a control signal for finally applying the setting when, after the first operation is detected by the switch, the second operation is detected by the switch.

9. A transmitter including a switch configured to detect a first operation and a second operation and a display screen configured to display information, the transmitter comprising:

a first display control unit configured to, when the first operation is detected by the switch, display information on the display screen according to a setting that is set when the second operation is detected by the switch;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit a control signal for finally applying the setting when, after the first operation is detected by the switch, the second operation is detected by the switch; and

a second display control unit configured to cause the first display control unit to restore a previous display when, after the first operation is detected by the switch, it is detected that the first operation is canceled while the second operation is not detected.

10. A transmitter including a switch configured to detect a first operation and a second operation and a speech input unit, the transmitter comprising:

a first transmitting unit configured to, when the first operation is detected by the switch, transmit speech input via the speech input unit and to transmit a control signal for instructing performing speech recognition; and

a second transmitting unit configured to transmit a control signal for finally applying a setting that is set based on a result of the speech recognition when, after the first operation is detected by the switch, the second operation is detected by the switch, and to transmit control information for restoring a previous setting when, after the first operation is detected by the switch, it is detected that the first operation is canceled while the second operation is not detected.