TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130293496A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takamoto, Tsuda
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,153 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

First, when operation input by a user is detected, an operation signal in accordance with contents of the operation is output. Next, a determination is made of whether the operation by the user is a short press operation or a long press operation on the basis of time in which the operation signal is output. Next, if determined that the user has performed the short press operation, a preview screen indicating contents of a predetermined event associated with the long press operation in advance is displayed on a screen of a display section as a preview.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

an input interface configured to receive an input of an operation performed by a user; and

processing circuitry that implements an input detection section that outputs an operation signal in accordance with contents of the operation in response to the operation being detected on the input interface,

an operation determination section that determines whether the operation by the user is a short press operation or a long press operation based on a time in which the input detection section outputs the operation signal, and

a display processing section configured to display a preview screen on a display device indicating contents of a predetermined event associated with the long press operation during a time period that the operation determination section associates with the short press operation.

2. The terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display processing section displays the preview screen along with a screen associated with the short press operation.

3. The terminal apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display processing section progressively increases a size of the preview screen as a function of time.

4. The terminal apparatus of claim 3, wherein the size of the preview screen becomes a full screen size when the operation determination section determines that the operation is a long press operation.

5. The terminal apparatus of claim 4, wherein the display processing section progressively changes a transmission factor of the preview screen as a function of time.

6. The terminal apparatus of claim 5, wherein the transmission factor of the preview screen becomes 0% when the operation determination section determines that the operation is a long press operation.

7. The terminal apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display processing section progressively changes a transmission factor of the preview screen as a function of time.

8. The terminal apparatus of claim 7, wherein the transmission factor of the preview screen becomes 0% when the operation determination section determines that the operation is a long press operation.

9. The terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input interface is a touch panel.

10. A display control method comprising:

receiving an input via an input interface of an operation performed by a user;

outputting an operation signal from an input detection section in accordance with contents of the operation in response to the operation being detected on the input interface;

determining with the processing circuitry that includes an operation determination section whether the operation by the user is a short press operation or a long press operation based on a time in which the outputting outputs the operation signal, and

displaying a preview screen on a display device indicating contents of a predetermined event associated with the long press operation during a time period that the determining associates with the short press operation.

11. The display control method of claim 10, wherein the displaying includes displaying the preview screen along with a screen associated with the short press operation.

12. The display control method of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes progressively increasing a size of the preview screen as a function of time.

13. The display control method of claim 12, wherein the size of the preview screen becomes a full screen size when the operation determination section determines that the operation is a long press operation.

14. The display control method of claim 13, wherein the displaying includes progressively changing a transmission factor of the preview screen as a function of time.

15. The display control method of claim 14, wherein the transmission factor of the preview screen becomes 0⁹6 when the operation determination section determines that the operation is a long press operation.

16. The display control method of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes progressively changing a transmission factor of the preview screen as a function of time.

17. The display control method of claim 16, wherein the transmission factor of the preview screen becomes 0% when the operation determination section determines that the operation is a long press operation.

18. The display control method of claim 10, wherein the receiving includes receiving the input via a touch panel.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having computer readable instructions stored therein that when executed by processing circuitry performs a method, the method comprising:

receiving an input via an input interface of an operation performed by a user;

outputting an operation signal from an input detection section in accordance with contents of the operation in response to the operation being detected on the input interface;

determining with the processing circuitry that includes an operation determination section whether the operation by the user is a short press operation or a long press operation based on a time in which the outputting outputs the operation signal, and

displaying a preview screen on a display device indicating contents of a predetermined event associated with the long press operation during a time period that the determining associates with the short press operation.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 19, wherein

the displaying includes displaying the preview screen along with a screen associated with the short press operation.