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

• US 20120133677A1
• Filed: 11/14/2011
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: OKUMURA, Yasushi, MIYAZAWA, Yusuke, SUZUKI, Seiji
• Granted Patent: US 9,678,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/649
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a device that changes the way content is displayed depending on an inclination angle of the device. The device includes an inclination acquisition device that acquires inclination information of a display housing that houses a display with a displayed image thereon. A first controller causes a first change to the displayed image according to the inclination information. A second controller causes a second change to the displayed image when a predetermined condition is met with respect to the inclination information. By including subcomponents that cooperate in this manner, the device allows a user to perceive a displayed image at various viewing angles and easily recognize whether certain displayed features are able to be actuated when the device is positioned in a certain inclination angle.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an inclination acquisition device that acquires inclination information of a display housing that houses a display with a displayed image thereon;

a first controller that causes a first change to the displayed image according to the inclination information; and

a second controller that causes a second change to the displayed image when a predetermined condition is met with respect to the inclination information.

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

a processing circuit that includes at least one of the inclination acquisition device, the first controller and the second controller.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein

the processing circuit responds to a detected shaking of the display housing by performing a zero point adjustment.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the predetermined condition is met when the inclination information exceeds a predetermined threshold.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising

the display, the display being a touchpanel, wherein

the predetermined condition is met when an operation on the touchpanel is not detected.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the first change to the displayed image is a movement of at least one of a shadow of a displayed object, a background portion of the displayed object, and reflected light.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

when an amount of inclination of the display housing is greater than zero but less than a predetermined amount, the displayed object does not move on the display despite the movement of the at least one of the shadow of the displayed object, the background portion of the displayed object, and the reflected light.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

when an amount of inclination of the display housing is greater than a predetermined amount, the displayed object moves on the display along with the movement of the at least one of a shadow of the displayed object, the background portion of the displayed object, and the reflected light.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein

when the amount of inclination of the display housing is greater than the predetermined amount, other objects that were previously hidden are displayed on the display.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the second change to the displayed image is a movement of a displayed object, the displayed object being user-selectable to trigger a processing operation.

11. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring from an inclination acquisition device inclination information of a display housing that houses a display with a displayed image thereon;

making a first change to the displayed image according to the inclination information; and

making a second change to the displayed image when a predetermined condition is met with respect to the inclination information.

12. The information processing method of claim 11, wherein

the making a first change and the making a second change are made with a processing circuit.

13. The information processing method of claim 12, further comprising

responding to a detected shaking of the display housing by performing a zero point adjustment.

14. The information processing method of claim 11, wherein

the predetermined condition is met when the inclination information exceeds a predetermined threshold.

15. The information processing method of claim 11, wherein

the making the first change to the displayed image includes moving on the display at least one of a shadow of a displayed object, a background portion of the displayed object, and reflected light.

16. The information processing method of claim 15, wherein

when an amount of inclination of the display housing is greater than zero but less than a predetermined amount, not moving the displayed object on the display while moving the at least one of the shadow of the displayed object, the background portion of the displayed object, and the reflected light.

17. The information processing method of claim 15, wherein

when an amount of inclination of the display housing is greater than a predetermined amount, moving the displayed object on the display along while also moving the at least one of the shadow of the displayed object, the background portion of the displayed object, and the reflected light.

18. The information processing method of claim 17, wherein

when the amount of inclination of the display housing is greater than the predetermined amount, displaying other objects that were previously hidden on the display.

19. The information processing method of claim 11, wherein

the second change to the displayed image is a movement of a displayed object, the displayed object being user-selectable to trigger a processing operation.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processing circuit perform an information processing method comprising:

acquiring from an inclination acquisition device inclination information of a display housing that houses a display with a displayed image thereon;

making a first change to the displayed image according to the inclination information; and

making a second change to the displayed image when a predetermined condition is met with respect to the inclination information.