INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD

• US 20140351754A1
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCNT LLC
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: SAKURAI, YOKO
• Granted Patent: US 9,792,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display unit displays an object. A detection unit detects a touch operation on the display unit. A change unit widens a display space of the object while keeping a display size of the object when range selection of the object displayed on the display unit is performed through the touch operation.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays an object;

a detection unit that detects a touch operation on the display unit; and

a change unit that widens a display space of the object while keeping a display size of the object when range selection of the object displayed on the display unit is performed through a touch operation.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit displays a text as the object, and

the change unit widens a space between each character of the text while keeping a character size of the text during range selection of the text.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the change unit widens the space between each character of the text or a space between each word of the text.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the change unit widens a space between each line of the text.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit displays an icon or a thumbnail as the object, and

the change unit widens a display space of the icon or the thumbnail while keeping a display size of the icon or the thumbnail during range selection of the icon or the thumbnail.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the change unit widens the display space when a value of the display space of the object displayed on the display unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the change unit widens the display space of the object from a position a predetermined length before a start position for the range selection.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when selection of the start position or an end position is repeated during the range selection, the change unit widens the display space of the object according to the number of repetitions.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a storage unit that stores a set value of the display space changed by the change unit,

wherein the change unit changes the display space of the object to the set value of the display space stored in the storage unit.

10. A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an input control program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

displaying an object on a display unit

widening a display space of the object while keeping a display size of the object during range selection of the object displayed on the display unit on which a touch operation is performed.

11. An input control method comprising:

displaying an object on a display unit

widening a display space of the object while keeping a display size of the object during range selection of the object displayed on the display unit on which a touch operation is performed.