INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20140033100A1
• Filed: 10/04/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NODA, Takuro, OKUMURA, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,952,754 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/40 with delayed or timed action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/414 Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including an imaging section configured to image an object, a display section configured to display at least an icon for controlling the imaging section, an operation section configured to acquire a first operation and a second operation on the icon, and a controller configured to, when the operation section has acquired the first operation, set a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and change a display of the icon on the display section in accordance with a progress of the timer, and to, when the operation section has acquired the second operation or when the timer has expired, cause the imaging section to image the object.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an imaging section configured to image an object;

a display section configured to display at least an icon for controlling the imaging section;

an operation section configured to acquire a first operation and a second operation; and

a controller configured to, when the operation section has acquired the first operation, set a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and change a display of the icon on the display section in accordance with a progress of the timer, and configured to cause the imaging section to image the object or to cancel the timer when the operation section has acquired the second operation, and further configured to cause the imaging section to image the object when the timer has expired, wherein

the icon is a button,

the first operation is a first drag operation on the button,

the second operation is a pressing operation,

the operation amount is a distance of a movement of the button on the display section caused by the first drag operation, and

the controller changes a display position of the button on the display section along a direction of the first drag operation in accordance with the progress of the timer.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays a remaining time of the timer on the display section as a path of the movement of the button on the display section caused by the first drag operation.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the imaging section captures a moving image of the object, and

the controller sets a timer for a remaining time until a start of capturing the moving image and a timer for a duration time of the capturing in accordance with the distance of the movement of the button on the display section caused by the first drag operation.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the operation section acquires a second drag operation on the button as a third operation, the second drag operation having a direction differing from that of the first drag operation, and

the controller changes a parameter set for the imaging section in accordance with a distance of a movement of the button on the display section caused by the second drag operation.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein a manipulation of the icon by performing the first operation thereupon initiates the controller to set the timer for initiating a delayed imaging of the object, and a manipulation of the icon by performing the second operation thereupon initiates the controller to trigger an immediate taking of the image of the object.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein the timer is set to a time value based on a distance the icon is moved during the manipulation in performing the first operation.

7. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein the timer is set to a time value based on a pressure or a duration the icon is pressed during the manipulation in performing the first operation.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first operation and the second operation are performed on the icon by manipulating the icon through touching the display section by an operating object at a location on the display section at which the icon is displayed.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein in the first operation, the icon is dragged along a first sliding axis to initiate the timer, and a time value of the timer is set based upon the distance the icon is dragged from a starting location on the first sliding axis, and

wherein in the second operation, the icon s pressed, and in response, the imaging section is triggered to immediately take the image of the object.

10. The information processing device according to claim. 9, wherein the icon is dragged by an operating object contacting a surface of the display section upon which the icon is displayed, and

wherein the timer is initiated when the operating object releases the icon by detaching contact from the surface, at a target location on the first sliding axis.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein in the first operation, the icon is dragged along a first sliding axis to initiate the timer, and a time value of the timer is set based upon the distance the icon is dragged from a starting location on the first sliding axis, and

wherein in the second operation, a touching is made upon the display section, and in response, the timer is canceled.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first operation and the second operation are different operations.

13. An information processing device comprising:

an imaging section configured to image an object;

a display section configured to display at least an icon for controlling the imaging section;

an operation section configured to acquire a first operation and a second operation; and

a controller configured to, when the operation section has acquired the first operation, set a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and change a display of the icon on the display section in accordance with a progress of the timer, and configured to cause the imaging section to image the object or to cancel the timer when the operation section has acquired the second operation, and further configured to cause the imaging section to image the object when the timer has expired, wherein

the icon is a button,

the first operation a first pressing operation on the button with a pressing force whose magnitude is greater than or equal to a predetermined value,

the second operation is a second pressing operation,

the operation amount is the magnitude of the pressing force applied in the first pressing operation, and

the controller changes a size of the button on the display section in accordance with the progress of the timer.

14. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein the controller displays on the display section a remaining time of the timer as a difference of the size of the button before and after the first pressing operation is acquired.

15. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein

the operation section acquires a first drag operation on the button as a third operation, and

the controller changes a first parameter set for the imaging section in accordance with a distance of a movement of the button on the display section caused by the first drag operation.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15, wherein

the operation section acquires a second drag operation on the button as a fourth operation, the second drag operation having a direction differing from that of the first drag operation, and

the controller changes a second parameter set for the imaging section in accordance with a distance of a movement of the button on the display section caused by the second drag operation.

17. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein the second pressing operation is performed on the button with a pressing force whose magnitude is less than the predetermined value

18. An information processing method comprising:

displaying an icon for controlling an imaging section, the imaging section being configured to image an object;

acquiring a first operation and a second operation; and

setting, when the first operation has been acquired, a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and changing a display of the icon in accordance with a progress of the timer, and causing, when the second operation has been acquired, the imaging section to image the object or to cancel the timer, and further causing, when the timer has expired, the imaging section to image the object, wherein

the icon is displayed as a button,

the first operation is a first drag operation on the button,

the second operation is a pressing operation,

the operation amount is a distance of a movement of the displayed button caused by the first drag operation, and

a display position of the button is changed along a direction of the first drag operation in accordance with the progress of the timer.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

displaying an icon for controlling an imaging section, the imaging section being configured to image an object;

acquiring a first operation and a second operation; and

setting, when the first operation has been acquired, a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and changing a display of the icon in accordance with a progress of the timer, and causing, when the second operation has been acquired, the imaging section to image the object or to cancel the timer, and further causing, when the timer has expired, the imaging section to image the object, wherein

the icon is displayed as a button,

the first operation is a first drag operation on the button,

the second operation is a pressing operation,

the operation amount is a distance of a movement of the displayed button caused by the first drag operation, and

a display position of the button is changed along a direction of the first drag operation in accordance with the progress of the timer.