ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20140015794A1
• Filed: 03/23/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Ueno, Yasuhiro, Tanabe, Shigeki
• Granted Patent: US 9,507,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a display unit for three-dimensionally displaying a first object; a detecting unit for detecting a displacement of a second object in three-dimensional space where the first object is displayed; and a control unit for performing an operation related to the first object according to the displacement of the second object detected by the detecting unit.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display unit for three-dimensionally displaying a first object;

a detecting unit for detecting a displacement of a second object in three-dimensional space where the first object is displayed; and

a control unit for performing an operation related to the first object according to the displacement of the second object detected by the detecting unit.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein,

when the detecting unit detects a displacement in which the second object moves along the first object,

the control unit rotates the first object corresponding to a movement direction of the second object.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit rotates the first object by an angle according to a movement amount of the operation.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein,

when the detecting unit detects an operation in which the second object comes in contact to the first object and then separates from the first object,

the control unit executes a process corresponding to a position in which the first object is contacted.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a projecting unit for projecting an image, wherein

the control unit projects an image related to the first object from the projecting unit.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a second display unit, wherein

the control unit displays an image related to the first object on the second display unit.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detecting unit is a capacitive-type touch sensor.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detecting unit is an imaging unit for capturing an image.

9. A control method executed by an electronic device that includes a display unit, the control method comprising:

three-dimensionally displaying a first object on the display unit;

detecting a displacement of a second object in three-dimensional space where the first object is displayed; and

performing an operation related to the first object according to the detected displacement of the second object.

10. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a control program for causing, when executed by an electronic device that includes a display unit, the electronic device to execute:

three-dimensionally displaying a first object on the display unit;

detecting a displacement of a second object in three-dimensional space where the first object is displayed; and

performing an operation related to the first object according to the detected displacement of the second object.