INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYING INFORMATION

• US 20120281117A1
• Filed: 07/16/2012
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: HIRATSUKA, Yosuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,848,087 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/239
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera

Abstract

An information display apparatus includes an input device adapted to input user operation information, a touch sensor adapted to detect the state of the input device in terms of whether the input device is touched by a user, a display adapted to display information, and a control unit adapted to receive user operation information from the input device and sensor detection information from the touch sensor, and control displaying of the information on the display in accordance with the received user operation information and the sensor detection information. If the touch information indicating that the input device is touched by the user is received from the touch sensor, the control unit displays first information associated with the input device on the display. If the input device is maintained in the touched state longer than a predetermined period, the control unit switches the displayed information into second information.

Claims

1. An information display apparatus comprising:

a user interface including a display configured to display a plurality of objects;

a touch sensor configured to detect a state of an input to the user interface; and

a control unit configured to receive sensor detection information from the touch sensor, and control displaying the plurality of objects on the display in accordance with the sensor detection information, wherein

the control unit controls the display such that

if the sensor detection information indicates that a touch input is received corresponding to at least one of the plurality of objects, the control unit controls the display to apply a first visual effect to the at least one of the plurality of objects, and

if the sensor detection information indicates that the touch input received corresponding to at least one of the plurality of objects is maintained over a period equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum display period, the control unit controls the display to apply a second visual effect to the plurality of objects.

2. A method of controlling displaying information, executed by an information display apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving sensor detection information from a touch sensor associated with a user interface including a display configured to display a plurality of objects;

controlling the display to apply a first visual effect to at least one of the plurality of objects if the sensor detection information indicates that a touch input is received corresponding to at the least one of the plurality of objects; and

controlling the display to apply a second visual effect to the plurality of objects if the sensor detection information indicates that the touch input received corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of objects is maintained over a period equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum display period.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

receiving sensor detection information from a touch sensor associated with a user interface including a display configured to display a plurality of objects;

controlling the display to apply a first visual effect to at least one of the plurality of objects if the sensor detection information indicates that a touch input is received corresponding to at the least one of the plurality of objects; and

controlling the display to apply a second visual effect to the plurality of objects if the sensor detection information indicates that the touch input received corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of objects is maintained over a period equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum display period.