Touch Screen Input Method and Device

• US 20110090168A1
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Goto, Koichi, Yoshioka, Akio, Sakurai, Mikiko, Nashida, Tatsushi
• Application Number:
  US12/976,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20110090168A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/74 Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor

Abstract

A touch panel 47 is constructed by a display/sensor unit 51a which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD 46 and a sensor unit 51b which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger 52 of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit 51a and vertically moved on the sensor unit 51b. A selection display 53 constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the right side of the display screen by the LCD 46. A button beside the finger 52 is highlighted and when the finger 52 is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger 52, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger 52 is released, the state is not changed. When finger 52 is moved to the display/sensor unit 51a, the selection display 53 disappears.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A display system comprising:

a first display having a display panel;

a second display having a display panel; and

a controller,

wherein the controller controls display on each said first and second displays,

wherein said controller accepts an instruction from a user to perform one of;

a first process to display a first image, displayed on the first display, onto said second display,

a second process to display a second image, displayed on said second display, onto said first display, and

a third process to exchange images displayed on said first and second displays.

10. The display system according to claim 9, wherein an instruction, according to a touching position of a finger or a touch pen, is given onto said second display.

11. The display system according to claim 9, wherein said first process, said second process, and said third process each correspond to a button displayed on said second display,

wherein each process is performed based on the user'"'"'s instruction.

12. The display system according to claim 9, wherein said first process, said second process, and said third process each correspond to a movement of a finger or a touch pen, and wherein each process is performed based on the user'"'"'s touch and movement.

13. The display system according to claim 9, wherein said first process, said second process, and said third process each correspond to a touch instruction according to a touching position of a finger or a touch pen onto said second display, and wherein each process is performed based on the user'"'"'s touch instruction.

14. A controller comprising:

a communication section to communicate with a first display and a second display, the controller selects one of;

sending a first image signal from the first display to the second display;

sending a second image signal from the second display to the first display, and

exchanging image signals between the first and second displays.

15. The controller according to claim 14, wherein the controller receives image date from one or more external connections.

16. The controller according to claim 14, wherein the controller receives image data from an internet source.

17. An information process apparatus, comprising:

a display section,

a sensor section on the display section that accepts a user'"'"'s instruction according to a touching position of a finger or a pen onto said sensor section,

an image controlling section that generates a control signal according to the instruction from the user, and

a communication section that sends an image signal displayed on said display section to an external device based on a first instruction from the user,

wherein said image controlling section displays an image from the external device onto said display section based on a second instruction from the user.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said image controlling section exchanges image signals between the image displayed on said display section and an image displayed on the external device, based on a third instruction from said user.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said sensor section accepts said first instruction when a finger or pen moves in a first direction on said display section, and accepts said second instruction when the finger or pen moves in a second direction on said display section, wherein said first direction and second direction are in opposite directions to each other.