INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD

• US 20100169824A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Kazuyuki, Sawai, Kunihito
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

An input apparatus includes a detection section, a change section, and a transmission section. The detection section detects a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction. The change section changes a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected by the detection section. The transmission section transmits the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed as scroll information of an image displayed on the screen.

Claims

1. An input apparatus, comprising:

a detection means for detecting a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction;

a change means for changing a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected by the detection means; and

a transmission means for transmitting the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed as scroll information of an image displayed on the screen.

2. The input apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a judgment means for judging a direction of the user operation based on the detected detection value,

wherein the change means changes the ratio of the first movement amount to the second movement amount in accordance with the judged direction of the user operation.

3. The input apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the change means changes the ratio of the first movement amount to the second movement amount so that a scroll direction of the image is biased in at least the first direction on the screen and the second direction on the screen.

4. The input apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the change means changes the ratio so that, when the judged direction of the user operation is within a first angle range from the first operation direction, the scroll direction is biased in the first direction, and changes the ratio so that, when the judged direction of the user operation is within a second angle range from the second operation direction, the scroll direction is biased in the second direction.

5. The input apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising

an angle range control means for variably controlling the first angle range and the second angle range.

6. The input apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the angle range control means variably controls the first angle range and the second angle range in accordance with the direction of the user operation.

7. The input apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the angle range control means controls the first angle range and the second angle range so that the first angle range is widened when the direction of the user operation is within a first modified angle range from the first operation direction and the second angle range is widened when the direction of the user operation is within a second modified angle range from the second operation direction.

8. The input apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the second angle range is wider than the first angle range.

9. The input apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the change means changes the ratio of the first movement amount to the second movement amount so that the scroll direction of the image is restricted to at least the first direction on the screen and the second direction on the screen.

10. The input apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the change means changes the ratio of the first movement amount to the second movement amount so that the scroll direction of the image is restricted to directions that respectively form predetermined angles with respect to the first direction on the screen and the second direction on the screen.

11. The input apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the detection means is a sensor that detects the user operation in space.

12. A control apparatus controlling display of scroll of an image displayed on a screen in accordance with information transmitted from an input apparatus including a detection means for detecting a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction and a transmission means for transmitting the information on a related value related to a detection value detected by the detection means, the control apparatus comprising:

a reception means for receiving the information;

a change means for changing a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on the screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to the detected detection value; and

a display control means for controlling the display on the screen so that the image displayed on the screen is scrolled in accordance with the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed.

13. A control system, comprising:

an input apparatus including

a detection means for detecting a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction,

a change means for changing a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected by the detection means, and

a transmission means for transmitting the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed as scroll information of an image displayed on the screen; and

a control apparatus including

a reception means for receiving the scroll information, and

a display control means for controlling display on the screen so that the image displayed on the screen is scrolled in accordance with the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed.

14. A control system, comprising:

an input apparatus including

a detection means for detecting a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction, and

a transmission means for transmitting information on a related value related to a detection value detected by the detection means; and

a control apparatus including

a reception means for receiving the information,

a change means for changing a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to the detected detection value, and

a display control means for controlling display on the screen so that an image displayed on the screen is scrolled in accordance with the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed.

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display section to display a screen;

a detection means for detecting a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction;

a change means for changing a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on the screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected by the detection means; and

a display control means for controlling display on the screen so that an image displayed on the screen is scrolled in accordance with the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed.

16. A control method, comprising:

detecting a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction;

changing a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected; and

controlling display on the screen so that an image displayed on the screen is scrolled in accordance with the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed.

17. An input apparatus, comprising:

a detection section to detect a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction;

a change section to change a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected by the detection section; and

a transmission section to transmit the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed as scroll information of an image displayed on the screen.

18. A control apparatus controlling display of scroll of an image displayed on a screen in accordance with information transmitted from an input apparatus including a detection means for detecting a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction and a transmission means for transmitting the information on a related value related to a detection value detected by the detection means, the control apparatus comprising:

a reception section to receive the information;

a change section to change a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on the screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to the detected detection value; and

a display control section to control the display on the screen so that the image displayed on the screen is scrolled in accordance with the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed.