INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20110050653A1
• Filed: 08/24/2010
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: MIYAZAWA, Yusuke, Nashida, Tatsushi
• Granted Patent: US 8,648,838 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection section which detects touch operation on a touch operation surface by the operating tool, an execution section which executes predetermined processing designated by the touch operation, a determination section which determines whether contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, and a display control section which causes a confirmation message for confirming whether to execute the predetermined processing to be displayed depending on a determination result of the determination section, and, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a detection section which detects touch operation on a touch operation surface by an operating tool;

an execution section which executes predetermined processing designated by the touch operation;

a determination section which determines whether contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained; and

a display control section which causes a confirmation message for confirming whether to execute the predetermined processing to be displayed depending on a determination result of the determination section,

wherein, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the detection section detects a pressing force applied by the operating tool to the touch operation surface,

wherein the determination section determines whether the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained and whether the pressing force applied by the operating tool to the touch operation surface increases, and

wherein, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained and that the pressing force applied by the operating tool to the touch operation surface increases, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained and that the pressing force applied by the operating tool to the touch operation surface becomes equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, the display control section causes a confirmation message depending on the pressing force to be displayed.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the determination section determines whether a predetermined time period is elapsed from the display of the confirmation message performed by the display control section, and

wherein, when the determination section determines that the predetermined time period is elapsed from the display of the confirmation message, that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, and that the pressing force applied by the operating tool to the touch operation surface becomes equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation.

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

a recording section which, when confirmation processing with respect to the confirmation message is executed in accordance with the operation of the operating tool, records the confirmation processing,

wherein, when the confirmation message is displayed by the display control section, the determination section determines whether the confirmation processing with respect to the confirmation message is recorded, and

wherein, when the determination section determines that the confirmation processing with respect to the confirmation message is recorded, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the display control section

causes a plurality of confirmation messages to be displayed on a display screen in a step-by-step manner before the predetermined processing is executed by the execution section, and

when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained and that the pressing force applied by the operating tool to the touch operation surface increases and becomes equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, causes the plurality of confirmation messages to be displayed on the display screen depending on the pressing force even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein, after the plurality of confirmation messages are sequentially displayed by the display control section, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein, before the execution section executes the predetermined processing, the display control section causes a final confirmation message of whether to execute the predetermined processing to be displayed, and

wherein, after the final confirmation message is displayed, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation depending on the pressing force applied by the operating tool.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control section changes display forms including a display color and a display size of the confirmation message depending on the pressing force applied by the operating tool.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the execution section executes output processing including an audio output and a vibration output along with the display of the confirmation message performed by the display control section, depending on the pressing force applied by the operating tool.

11. An information processing method, comprising the steps of

detecting touch operation on a touch operation surface by an operating tool;

determining whether contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained;

causing a confirmation message for confirming whether to execute predetermined processing to be displayed; and

executing, when it is determined that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.

12. A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus which includes

a detection section which detects touch operation on a touch operation surface by an operating tool,

an execution section which executes predetermined processing designated by the touch operation,

a determination section which determines whether contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, and

a display control section which causes a confirmation message for confirming whether to execute the predetermined processing to be displayed depending on a determination result of the determination section,

in which, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message.