INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20110310034A1
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ouchi, Kazushige, Doi, Miwako, Imoto, Kazunori, Iketani, Naoki, Kobayashi, Yuka, Senoo, Tomonori
• Application Number:
  US13/052,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20110310034A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects an operation to first and second touch panels respectively provided above first and second display; a determining unit that determines, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen on the first display using the first touch panel, kind of an object in a selected region; a generating unit that generates an application list including application candidates to be started to open the object according to the kind; a display controller that displays, when the detecting unit detects a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region to the second display using the first touch panel, the application list on the second display; and an application controller that starts, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting any one of the applications, a selected application.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first display;

a first touch panel above a display surface of the first display;

a second display;

a second touch panel above a display surface of the second display;

a detecting unit configured to detect an operation input to the first touch panel and the second touch panel;

a determining unit configured to, when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen displayed on the first display using the first touch panel, determine kind of an object included in a selected region;

a generating unit configured to generate an application list including application candidates to be started in order to open the object according to the kind of the object;

a display control unit configured to, when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region to the second display using the first touch panel, display the application list on the second display; and

an application control unit configured to, when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a selection operation for selecting any one of the applications included in the application list using the second touch panel, start a selected application to open the object.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the detecting unit detects the transmission operation, the display control unit displays the selected region in a retention region displayed on the second display,

when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a selection operation for selecting the selected region displayed in the retention region using the second touch panel, the generating unit generates the application list, and

the display control unit displays the application list on the second display.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting a new selected region to the second display using the first touch panel, the display control unit displays the selected region and the new selected region in the retention region.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting a new selected region to the second display using the first touch panel, the display control unit deletes the selected region displayed in the retention region and displays the new selected region in the retention region.

5. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first display;

a first touch panel above a display surface of the first display;

a second display;

a second touch panel above a display surface of the second display;

a detecting unit configured to detect an operation input to the first touch panel and the second touch panel;

a determining unit configured to, when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen displayed on the first display using the first touch panel, determine kind of an object included in a selected region;

a generating unit configured to generate an application list including application candidates to be started in order to open the object according to the kind of the object;

a display control unit configured to display applications included in the application list around the selected region; and

an application control unit configured to, when the detecting unit detects as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region using the first touch panel, start the application disposed in a direction to which the selected region is transmitted to open the object on the second display.

6. An information processing method comprising:

detecting an operation input to a first touch panel above a display surface of a first display and a second touch panel above a display surface of a second display;

determining, when as the operation input a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen displayed on the first display using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, kind of an object included in a selected region;

generating an application list including application candidates to be started in order to open the object according to the kind of the object;

displaying, when as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region to the second display using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, the application list on the second display; and

starting, when as the operation input a selection operation for selecting any one of the applications included in the application list using the second touch panel is detected in the detecting, a selected application to open the object.

7. An information processing method comprising:

detecting an operation input to a first touch panel above a display surface of a first display and a second touch panel above a display surface of a second display;

determining, when as the operation input a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen displayed on the first display using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, kind of an object in a selected region;

generating an application list including application candidates to be started in order to open the object according to the kind of the object;

displaying applications included in the application list around the selected region; and

starting, when as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, the application disposed in a direction to which the selected region is transmitted to open the object on the second display.

8. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having programmed instructions for processing information, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

detecting an operation input to a first touch panel above a display surface of a first display and a second touch panel above a display surface of a second display;

determining, when as the operation input a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen displayed on the first display using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, kind of an object included in a selected region;

generating an application list including application candidates to be started in order to open the object according to the kind of the object;

displaying, when as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region to the second display using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, the application list on the second display; and

starting, when as the operation input a selection operation for selecting any one of the applications included in the application list using the second touch panel is detected in the detecting, a selected application to open the object.

9. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having programmed instructions for processing information, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

detecting an operation input to a first touch panel above a display surface of a first display and a second touch panel above a display surface of a second display;

determining, when as the operation input a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen displayed on the first display using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, kind of an object in a selected region;

generating an application list including application candidates to be started in order to open the object according to the kind of the object;

displaying applications included in the application list around the selected region; and

starting, when as the operation input a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region using the first touch panel is detected in the detecting, the application disposed in a direction to which the selected region is transmitted to open the object on the second display.