INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20100026719A1
• Filed: 06/05/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: IWASE, Ayako, OZAWA, Hiroyuki, IRIYA, Shinichi, TAKOKA, Ryo
• Granted Patent: US 8,847,977 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/650
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an operation input receiving unit receiving a user'"'"'s operation performed on the display unit; and a display control unit carrying out display control when the operation input receiving unit receives a predetermined operation, the display control allowing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of a first state of display in which an image is displayed as the front side of a card and a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed as the rear side of the card to the other.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit displaying an image;

an operation input receiving unit receiving a user'"'"'s operation performed on the display unit; and

a display control unit carrying out display control when the operation input receiving unit receives a predetermined operation, the display control allowing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of a first state of display in which an image is displayed as the front side of a card and a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed as the rear side of the card to the other.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit performs the following control as the display control:

when the operation input receiving unit detects in the first state of display that a user'"'"'s finger touches the operation input receiving unit, an additional information access entrance is further displayed as an image for accessing the additional information at the location corresponding to the touched position, and

when the operation input receiving unit detects a tracing operation defined as an operation in which the user moves the finger by a predetermined distance with the finger touching the operation input receiving unit, the tracing operation starting from the additional information access entrance, the state of display on the display unit is forced to transit.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the display control unit further performs the following control as the display control:

the rate at which the image is reduced is changed in accordance with the path of the finger in the tracing operation, and the changed captured or recorded image is displayed on the display unit.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit performs the following control as the display control:

when the operation input receiving unit detects that the user is touching a predetermined area for at least a fixed period in the first state of display, the state of the display on the display unit is forced to transit.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display unit and the operation input receiving unit are disposed on a first surface among the surfaces of the information processing apparatus,

the information processing apparatus further comprises a touch panel unit including a touch panel disposed on a second surface on the side opposite the first surface, and

the display control unit performs the following control as the display control:

when the touch panel unit detects that the user touches a predetermined area of the touch panel unit with a finger, the state of the display on the display unit is forced to transit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

further comprising a detection unit detecting the inclination of the information processing apparatus,

wherein the display control unit performs the following control as the display control:

when the detection unit detects based on the detection result that the user rotates the information processing apparatus 360 degrees, the state of the display on the display unit is forced to transit.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

further comprising a detection unit detecting the inclination of the information processing apparatus,

wherein the display control unit performs the following control as the display control:

when the detection unit detects based on the detection result that the user carries out a first operation of rotating the information processing apparatus 180 or 90 degrees followed by a second operation of rotating the information processing apparatus 180 or 90 degrees in the opposite direction, the state of the display on the display unit is forced to transit.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein when the state of the display on the display unit is the first state of display, the display control unit acquires in advance the additional information to be contained in the additional information image before the predetermined operation is detected.

9. An information processing method used with an information processing apparatus including a display unit and an operation input receiving unit, the display unit having the following two states of display

a first state of display in which an image is displayed on the display unit as the front side of a card and

a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed on the display unit as the rear side of the card, the method comprising the step of:

performing display control of forcing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of the first and second states of display to the other when a predetermined operation is detected.

10. A program causing a computer controlling an information processing apparatus including a display unit and an operation input receiving unit to carry out a control process,

wherein the state of the display on the display unit includes

a first state of display in which an image is displayed on the display unit as the front side of a card and

a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed on the display unit as the rear side of the card, and

the control process includes the step of, when a predetermined operation is detected, forcing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of the first and second states of display to the other.