INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20120030636A1
• Filed: 07/20/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LY Corp. (A Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: LINE Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: MIYAZAKI, Reiko, NASHIDA, Tatsushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,465,531 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit; and a control unit performing a process corresponding to dragging and displaying, on a display unit, a cursor which elongates from a start point of the dragging to an end point of the dragging and of which at least one of a size and a shape is different at one end portion, which is on a side of the start point of the dragging, and at the other end portion, which is on a side of the end point of the dragging, when the dragging is executed through the operation unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation unit; and

a control unit performing a process corresponding to dragging and displaying, on a display unit, a cursor which elongates from a start point of the dragging to an end point of the dragging and of which at least one of a size and a shape is different at one end portion, which is on a side of the start point of the dragging, and at the other end portion, which is on a side of the end point of the dragging, when the dragging is executed through the operation unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the cursor with the shape thickening from the one end portion to the other end portion.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit thins the cursor, as the cursor is longer.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit thins the cursor so that a display area of the cursor keeps constant, as the cursor is longer.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the cursor with a shape connecting a first circle that has the start point of the dragging as a center to a second circle that is larger than the first circle and has the end point of the dragging as a center.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the cursor in response to the dragging and changes a color of the displayed cursor when the process is newly changed.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the cursor in response to the dragging and changes a color of the cursor in response to a change in at least one of a direction from the one end portion of the displayed cursor to the other end portion of the displayed cursor and a length of the cursor.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit changes transmittance of the cursor in response to the change in the length of the cursor.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit shrinks and deletes the cursor, when the dragging ends.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when the dragging ends, the control unit shrinks the cursor, displays an animation effect of bouncing an elastic portion, and then deletes the cursor.

11. A display control method comprising:

performing a process corresponding to dragging and displaying, on a display unit, a cursor which elongates from a start point of the dragging to an end point of the dragging and of which at least one of a size and a shape is different at one end portion, which is on a side of the start point of the dragging, and at the other end portion, which is on a side of the end point of the dragging, when the dragging is executed through an operation unit.

12. A display control program causing a computer to execute:

performing a process corresponding to dragging and displaying, on a display unit, a cursor which elongates from a start point of the dragging to an end point of the dragging and of which at least one of a size and a shape is different at one end portion, which is on a side of the start point of the dragging, and at the other end portion, which is on a side of the end point of the dragging, when the dragging is executed through an operation unit.