Information Processing Apparatus, Operation Method, and Information Processing Program

• US 20110307843A1
• Filed: 08/18/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Reiko, Komori, Akihiro, Kano, Ritsuko, Ohki, Yoshihito
• Granted Patent: US 9,395,908 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an operation unit; and a control unit performing a process in response to an operation executed through the operation unit. Different gesture operations are able to be assigned to an operation corresponding to copy of information and an operation corresponding to cut of information, respectively. The control unit selects a portion designated by a user in information displayed on a display unit, and then copies the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to the copy through the operation unit, whereas the control unit cuts the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to the cut through the operation unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation unit; and

a control unit performing a process in response to an operation executed through the operation unit,

wherein different gesture operations are able to be assigned to an operation corresponding to copy of information and an operation corresponding to cut of information, respectively, and

wherein the control unit selects a portion designated by a user in information displayed on a display unit, and then copies the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to the copy through the operation unit, whereas the control unit cuts the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to the cut through the operation unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the operation unit is configured so that a touch operation is executed, and

wherein the gesture operation corresponding to the copy and the gesture operation corresponding to the cut are predetermined touch operations different from each other.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit displays a selection frame used for the user to designate a selection range, which is a portion to be selected, on the display unit together with the information in response to an operation executed through the operation unit and selects a portion enclosed by the selection frame in the information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit copies the selected portion when the inside of the selection frame displayed on the display unit is touched and the gesture operation corresponding to the copy is executed, whereas the control unit cuts the selected portion when the inside of the selection frame is touched and the gesture operation corresponding to the cut is executed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the gesture operation corresponding to the copy or the cut is executed, the control unit copies or cuts the selected portion and shows a sub-screen, which indicates that the selected portion is copied or cut, on the display unit for a predetermined time.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit changes the selected portion from the copy to the cut when the inside of the sub-screen is touched and the gesture operation corresponding to the cut is executed during the display of the sub-screen after the copy of the selected portion, whereas the control unit changes the selected portion from the cut to the copy when the inside of the sub-screen is touched and the gesture operation corresponding to the copy is executed during the display of the sub-screen after the cut of the selected portion.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the control unit changes the selection range by changing the size of the selection frame in response to dragging executed through the operation unit and the gesture operation corresponding to the copy or the cut continues without detachment of a finger of the user executing the dragging, the control unit selects a portion enclosed by the selection frame and copies or cuts the selected portion.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein when an image included in the information is touched and the gesture operation corresponding to the copy or the cut is executed, the control unit performs processes from selection of the image to the copy or the cut of the image at once.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the gesture operation of the copy is a touch operation of touching the inside of the selection frame with the finger, pressing the fingertip, and half-rotating the finger right and left.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the gesture operation of the cut is a touch operation of touching the inside of the selection frame with the finger, skimming the portion enclosed by the selection frame, and smoothly moving the finger in any direction.

11. An operation method comprising:

by a control unit, selecting a portion designated by a user in information displayed on a display unit; and

copying the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to copy through an operation unit, whereas cutting the selected portion when the user executes a gesture operation, which is different from the gesture operation corresponding to the copy, corresponding to cut.

12. A program causing an information processing apparatus to execute a process of:

by a control unit,

selecting a portion designated by a user in information displayed on a display unit; and

copying the selected portion when the user executes the gesture operation corresponding to copy through an operation unit, whereas cutting the selected portion when the user executes a gesture operation, which is different from the gesture operation corresponding to the copy, corresponding to cut.