INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20140247233A1
• Filed: 08/07/2012
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Asai, Satoshi, Cho, Yunha
• Granted Patent: US 9,959,032 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, method and computer program product are described. At least the apparatus includes comprising a display control device that controls a display of a lock release screen that has displayed thereon a manipulation object and a target object. A manipulation detection device detects a lock release manipulation as a detected moving of the manipulation object toward the target object. The display control device changes an appearance of the target object in response to the manipulation detection device detecting the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display control device that controls a display of a lock release screen that has displayed thereon a manipulation object and a target object; and

a manipulation detection device that detects a lock release manipulation as a detected moving of the manipulation object toward the target object, wherein

the display control device changes an appearance of the target object in response to the manipulation detection device detecting the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the display control device changes the appearance of the manipulation object as a function of distance of the manipulation object to the target object.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the display control device changes the information processing apparatus to an unlock state when the manipulation detection device detects that the manipulation object reaches the target object.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the display control device changes a size of the target object in response to the manipulation detection device detecting the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein

the manipulation detection device detects the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object as a function of absolute distance.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the display control device changes the appearance of the target object by changing a color of the target object or displaying an animation of the target object.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the target object is an area of the lock release screen.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the display control device changes a sound associated with the manipulation detection device detecting the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the display control device changes a tactile response associated with the manipulation detection device detecting the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the manipulation object is hidden from view when the manipulation object is moved toward the target object.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the manipulation detect device detects that the lock release manipulation has started but not yet completed, and

the display control device displays at least one of a source of a text message, a voicemail message and a e-mail in response to the manipulation device detecting that the lock release manipulation detected that the lock release manipulation has started but not yet completed.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the display control device presents a content of a text message, a voicemail message or an e-mail in response to the manipulation device detecting that the lock release manipulation detected that the lock release manipulation has detected an unlock state.

13. A display control method comprising:

controlling display of a lock release screen having a manipulation object and a target object displayed thereon;

detecting a lock release manipulation as a detected movement of the manipulation object toward the target object on the lock release screen; and

changing an appearance of the target object in response to the detecting of the lock release manipulation of the manipulation object.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein

the changing includes changing the appearance of the manipulation object as a function of distance of the manipulation object to the target object.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein

the changing includes changing to an unlock state on an information processing apparatus when the detecting detects that the manipulation object reaches the target object.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein

the changing includes changing a size of the target object in response to detected movement of the manipulation object toward the target object.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein

the detecting includes detecting the detected movement of the manipulation object toward the target object as a function of absolute distance.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein

the changing includes changing the appearance of the target object by changing a color of the target object or displaying an animation of the target object.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein

the target object is an area of the lock release screen.

20. A non-transitory computer program product having stored thereon computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor perform a display control method comprising:

controlling display of a lock release screen having a manipulation object and a target object displayed thereon;

detecting a lock release manipulation as a detected movement of the manipulation object toward the target object on the lock release screen; and

changing an appearance of the target object in response to the detecting of the lock release manipulation of the manipulation object.