INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20100214249A1
• Filed: 02/22/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsurumi, Takehiko, Moriya, Shoichiro, Ikeda, Tetsuo, Homma, Fuminori, Aoyama, Ryu
• Granted Patent: US 10,198,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus includes an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of a display portion where an object is displayed; a position detecting portion which detects a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to the display portion or the outer frame portion; and a display controlling portion which displays on the display portion, auxiliary information about an object situated at a position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of a display portion where an object is displayed;

a position detecting portion which detects a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to the display portion or the outer frame portion; and

a display controlling portion which displays on the display portion, auxiliary information about an object situated at a position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the operating body having moved from the display portion to the outer frame portion shifts while keeping touch with or close to the outer frame portion, the display controlling portion displays on the display portion, auxiliary information about an object displayed at a corresponding position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion after the shift.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an object selecting portion which turns an object displayed on the display portion into a first select state when the object is directly touched or approached by the operating body, according to the position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion,

wherein

when the operating body shifts to the display portion while keeping touch with or close to the outer frame portion, the object selecting portion turns an object situated at a position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion after the shift, into a second select state different from the first select state.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a content reproducing portion which reproduces a content corresponding to an object when the object is turned into the first select state by the object selecting portion,

wherein

when an object is turned into the second select state by the object selecting portion, the content reproducing portion displays auxiliary information of the content corresponding to the object on the display portion.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein

when the content is a music content,

the content reproducing portion displays one or whole of information indicating a reproducing history of the music content, a reproducing time of a music, and a frequency of reproduction, on the display portion, as the auxiliary information of the content.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein

when the content is a moving image content,

the content reproducing portion displays one or whole of information indicating a reproducing history of the moving image content, a reproducing time of a moving image, and a frequency of reproduction, on the display portion, as the auxiliary information of the content.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein

when the content is a static image content and the object is a folder corresponding to one or a plurality of the static image contents,

the content reproducing portion displays a thumbnail image of the static image contents corresponding to an object set in the second select state, on the display portion, as the auxiliary information of the content.

8. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of a display where an object is displayed;

a position detecting portion which detects a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to the display portion or the outer frame portion;

an area judging portion which judges whether the position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion is in an area of the display portion or in an area of the outer frame portion, and

a display controlling portion which scrolls display contents of the display portion at a first speed according to a shift of the operating body when the detected position is judged to be in the area of the display portion by the area judging portion and scrolls display contents of the display portion at a second speed different from the first speed according to the shift of the operating body when the detected position is judged to be in the area of the outer frame portion.

9. A display control method, comprising the steps of:

detecting a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to a display portion where an object is displayed or an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of the display portion; and

displaying auxiliary information, on the display portion, about an object situated at the position of the operating body detected through the position detecting step at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion.

10. The display control method, comprising the steps of:

detecting a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to a display portion where an object is displayed or an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of the display portion;

judging whether the position of the operating body detected through the position detecting step is in an area of the display portion or in an area of the outer frame portion; and

scrolling display contents of the display portion at a first speed according to a shift of the operating body when the detected position is judged to be in the area of the display portion through the area judging step and scrolling display contents of the display portion at a second speed different from the first speed according to the shift of the operating body when the detected position is judged to be in the area of the outer frame portion.

11. A program for causing a computer to realize the functions of:

detecting a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to a display portion where an object is displayed or an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of the display portion; and

displaying auxiliary information, on the display portion, about an object situated at the position of the operating body detected through the position detecting function at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion.

12. The program for causing a computer to realize the functions of:

detecting a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to a display portion where an object is displayed or an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of the display portion;

judging whether the position of the operating body detected through the position detecting function is in an area of the display portion or in an area of the outer frame portion; and

scrolling display contents of the display portion at a first speed according to a shift of the operating body when the detected position is judged to be in the area of the display portion through the area judging function and scrolling display contents of the display portion at a second speed different from the first speed according to the shift of the operating body when the detected position is judged to be in the area of the outer frame portion.