INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20110157006A1
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Homma, Fuminori, Sakata, Junichiro, MIYAZAWA, Yusuke, Nashida, Tatsushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,753,637 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a detection section configured to detect an operating body in proximity to a display screen, an identification section configured to identify whether the operating body detected by the detection section is in proximity to a selection item included in the display screen, and a display control section configured to temporarily superimpose and display a region including selection item content of the selection item over a previously displayed display region when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item and configured to end a display of the region including the selection item content of the selection item when the detection section no longer detects the operating body as being in proximity to the display screen.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a detection section configured to detect an operating body in proximity to a display screen;

an identification section configured to identify whether the operating body detected by the detection section is in proximity to a selection item included in the display screen; and

a display control section configured to temporarily superimpose and display a region including selection item content of the selection item over a previously displayed display region when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item and configured to end a display of the region including the selection item content of the selection item when the detection section no longer detects the operating body as being in proximity to the display screen.

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

a specification section configured to specify a range of the display screen where the operating body detected by the detection section is in proximity;

wherein the identification section identifies whether the range specified by the specification section includes the selection item.

3. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the display control section ends the display of the region including the selection item content of the previously displayed selection item when the detection section detects the operating body as being in contact with the display screen.

4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the display control section displays a region including an enlarged display of the selection item content of the selection item when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item.

5. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the display control section displays a region including a pull-down display of the selection item content of the selection item when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item.

6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the display control section displays a region including conversion content of the selection item when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item.

7. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the display control section displays a region including content of a parent or child of the selection item when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item.

8. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

detecting an operating body in proximity to a display screen;

identifying whether the detected operating body is in proximity to a selection item included in the display screen; and

superimposing and displaying selection item content of the selection item over the previously displayed display screen when the operating body is identified as being in proximity to the selection item.

9. A program which causes a computer to function as an information processing apparatus comprising:

a detection section configured to detect an operating body in proximity to a display screen;

an identification section configured to identify whether the operating body detected by the detection section is in proximity to a selection item included in the display screen; and

a display control section configured to superimpose and display selection item content of the selection item over the previously displayed display screen when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item.