INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20090160805A1
• Filed: 12/11/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: TOMIOKA, Kei, HOSOKAWA, Daisuke, WAKIZAKA, Yoshinori
• Application Number:
  US12/333,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20090160805A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display module configured to display an image including a pointer on a display screen, a detection module configured to detect a touched position on the display screen, a coordinate detection module configured to detect coordinate data of the touched position, a first pointer display module configured to display the pointer displayed on the display screen at the position detected by the detection module in an absolute coordinate input mode, an operation area display module configured to display an operation area on the display screen in a relative coordinate input mode, and a second pointer display module configured to display the pointer at a position corresponding to a displacement of a detected touched position after being moved on a surface of the display screen, if the detection module detects the touched position on the operation area.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus having an absolute coordinate input mode and a relative coordinate input mode, comprising;

a display configured to display an image comprising a pointer on a display screen;

a detection module configured to detect a touched position on the display screen;

a coordinate detection module configured to detect coordinate data of the touched position;

a first pointer display controller configured to display the pointer displayed on the display screen at the position detected by the detection module in the absolute coordinate input mode;

an operation area display controller configured to display an operation area on the display screen in the relative coordinate input mode; and

a second pointer display controller configured to display the pointer at a position corresponding to a change of a detected touched position by tracing a movement on a surface of the display screen, when the detection module detects the touched position on the operation area.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mode switching module configure to change the mode to the relative coordinate input mode, when the detection module detects an operation for changing the mode from the absolute coordinate input mode to the relative coordinate input mode in the absolute coordinate input mode.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein

the operation for changing the mode to the relative coordinate input mode is a touch operation on the screen comprising either tapping or double tapping.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the operation area display controller is configured to display the operation area at the touch operation position.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the operation area display controller is configured to display a button area for changing the mode from the relative coordinate input mode to the absolute coordinate input mode in the operation area in the relative coordinate input mode.

6. A display control method of an information processing apparatus having an absolute coordinate input mode and a relative coordinate input mode, comprising:

displaying an image comprising a pointer on a display screen;

detecting a touched position on the display screen;

displaying the pointer displayed on the display screen at the detected touched position in the absolute coordinate input mode;

displaying an operation area on the display screen in the relative coordinate input mode; and

displaying the pointer at a position corresponding to a change of a detected touched position by tracing a movement on a surface of the operation area on the display screen.

7. The display control method of claim 6, comprising changing a mode to the relative coordinate input mode, when an operation for changing a mode from the absolute coordinate input mode to the relative coordinate input mode is detected in the absolute coordinate mode.

8. The display control method of claim 7, wherein

the operation for changing the mode to the relative coordinate input mode is a touch operation comprising either tapping or double tapping.

9. The display control method of claim 8, comprising displaying the operation area at the touch operation position.

10. The display control method of claim 6, wherein a button area for changing the mode from the relative coordinate input mode to the absolute coordinate input mode is displayed in the operation area in the relative coordinate input mode.