OPERATION METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150097774A1
• Filed: 03/29/2013
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kabasawa, Kenichi, Goto, Tetsuro, Ueno, Masatoshi, Kuriya, Shinobu, Nakagawa, Toshiyuki, Suzuki, Tatsuya, Tsukahara, Tsubasa, Kawabe, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 9,740,305 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A control apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus is provided. The memory device stores instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive displacement information from the input apparatus, and at least one of: (i) generate a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display based on the displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is within a predetermined range, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range; and (ii) transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the displacement information, wherein the timing is calculated differently if the displacement information is within the predetermined range than if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range.

Claims

1. A control apparatus comprising:

a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus;

a processor; and

a memory device storing instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to;

receive displacement information from the input apparatus; and

at least one of;

(i) generate a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display based on the displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is within a predetermined range, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range; and

(ii) transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the displacement information, wherein the timing is calculated differently if the displacement information is within the predetermined range than if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range.

2. A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor generates the displacement value, and if the displacement information is greater than the predetermined range, the second set of instructions calculates a greater displacement value than the first set of instructions.

3. A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor generates the displacement value, and if the displacement information is less than the predetermined range, the second set of instructions calculates a smaller displacement value than the first set of instructions.

4. A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor transmits the feedback signal, and the feedback signal indicates a displacement of the operation target on the display.

5. A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the timing is calculated based on the displacement value.

6. A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor transmits the feedback signal causing the input apparatus to output at least one of a sound, a light, and a vibration.

7. A control method comprising:

receiving displacement information from an input apparatus; and

at least one of;

(i) generating a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display based on the displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is within a predetermined range, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range; and

(ii) transmitting a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the displacement information, wherein the timing is calculated differently if the displacement information is within the predetermined range than if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range.

8. A control method according to claim 7, wherein the displacement value is generated, and if the displacement information is greater than the predetermined range, the second set of instructions calculates a greater displacement value than the first set of instructions.

9. A control method according to claim 7, wherein the displacement value is generated, and if the displacement information is less than the predetermined range, the second set of instructions calculates a smaller displacement value than the first set of instructions.

10. A control method according to claim 7, wherein the feedback signal is transmitted and the feedback signal indicates a displacement of the operation target on the display.

11. A control method according to claim 7, wherein the timing is calculated based on the displacement value.

12. A control method according to claim 7, wherein feedback signal is transmitted, and the feedback signal causes the input apparatus to output at least one of a sound, a light, and a vibration.