INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20140365927A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Yusuke
• Granted Patent: US 10,261,589 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• 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 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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 may include a control unit to control a user interface based on a determination of (i) a change in position of a user and (ii) a state of the user, by detecting at least one information signal input to the apparatus from outside of the apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a control unit to control a user interface based on a determination of (i) a change in position of a user and (ii) a state of the user, by detecting at least one information signal input to the apparatus from outside of the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a graphical user interface to be displayed on a display unit.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the apparatus includes the display unit.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls at least one of a framework or an information density of one or more objects to be displayed on a display screen of a display unit and manipulated by a user, based on the change in the position and the state of the user.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls at least one of a framework or an information density of one or more objects to be manipulated by a user, based on the change in the position and the state of the user.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the user interface depending on whether the user is watching a display screen of a display unit.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein, when the user is watching the display screen, the control unit selects an automatic zapping process to display at least one object on the display screen.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls an information density of an object to be displayed on a display screen of a display unit based on the change in the position of the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls selection of an object to be displayed on a display screen of a display unit based on whether a position of the user is a position at which the user can be personally authenticated.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, when the position of the user is a position at which the user can be personally authenticated, the control unit controls selection of the object to be displayed on the display screen using recognized information of the user.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit optimizes an input unit of the user interface based on the change in the position and the state of the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the input unit includes at least one of a proximity sensor, a microphone, a touch sensor, a camera unit or a remote controller.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit optimizes an input unit of the user interface depending on whether the user is watching a display screen of a display unit.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit optimizes an input unit of the user interface based on the change in the position of the user.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit optimizes an input unit of the user interface based on whether a position of the user is a position at which the user can be personally authenticated.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls a process of switching between modes in which a distance from a display screen of a display unit to the user is detected, based on a distance detected.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit determines a change in position of the user relative to a display unit.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the state of the user is determined based on the change in the position of the user.

19. An information processing method comprising:

controlling, by a processor, a user interface based on a determination of (i) a change in position of a user and (ii) a state of the user, by detecting at least one information signal input to an information processing apparatus from outside of the apparatus.

20. A non-transitory recording medium recorded with a program executable by a computer, the program comprising:

controlling a user interface based on a determination of (i) a change in position of a user and (ii) a state of the user, by detecting at least one information signal input to an information processing apparatus from outside of the apparatus.