INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20150130728A1
• Filed: 05/15/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Takenaka, Hidetoshi
• Application Number:
  US14/397,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20150130728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/018 Input/output arrangements for oriental characters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An information processing device according to the present invention includes: a display input part accepting an operation of an operation object; an operation detecting means for accepting an input operation of the operation object by detecting an operation position of the operation object on a face of the display input part; and a controlling means for executing a preset process in accordance with the input operation. Based on the accepted input operation, the operation detecting means detects either a first operation state or a second operation state in the same operation position on the face of the display input part. The controlling means gives an instruction for designation of specified information selected by the input operation, when the operation detecting means detects the first operation state, and gives an instruction for confirmation of the specified information, when the operation detecting means detects the second operation state.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. An information processing device comprising:

a display input part accepting an operation of an operation object;

an operation detecting unit for accepting an input operation of the operation object by detecting an operation position of the operation object on a face of the display input part; and

a controlling unit for executing a preset process in accordance with the input operation, wherein;

the operation detecting unit is configured to, based on the accepted input operation, detect either a first operation state or a second operation state in a same operation position on the face of the display input part; and

the controlling unit is configured to, when the operation detecting unit detects the first operation state, give an instruction for designation of specified information selected by the input operation, and, when the operation detecting unit detects the second operation state, give an instruction for confirmation of the specified information.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein:

the controlling unit is configured to, when the operation detecting unit detects the second operation state after detecting the first operation state, give an instruction for confirmation of the specified information with an instruction for designation given; and

the controlling unit is configured to, when the first operation state is terminated without detection of the second operation state after the first operation state is detected by the operation detecting unit, terminate designation of the specified information with an instruction for designation given.

16. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the controlling unit is configured to, when the second operation state is detected after the first operation state is detected, display associated information previously associated with the specified information, around a display position of the specified information.

17. The information processing device according to claim 16, wherein the controlling unit is configured to, when the second operation state is terminated after the second operation state is detected, execute a process which is previously related to the specified information or the associated information selected immediately before the second operation state is terminated.

18. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the controlling unit is configured to, when the operation detecting unit detects the first operation state, display designated information previously related to the specified information, around a display position of the specified information.

19. The information processing device according to claim 18, wherein the controlling unit is configured to, when the first operation state is terminated without detection of the second operation state after the first operation state is detected by the operation detecting unit, delete display of the designated information.

20. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the operation detecting unit is configured to detect a contact state as the first operation state and detect a pressure state as the second state, the contact state being a state in which the operation object is in contact with the face of the display input part, and the pressure state being a state in which, in the contact state, the operation object pressures the contact face at a predetermined pressure.

21. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the operation detecting unit is configured to detect a contact state as the first operation state and detect a press state as the second state, the contact state being a state in which the operation object is in contact with the face of the display input part, and the press state being a state in which, in the contact state, the operation object presses the contact face more.

22. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the operation detecting unit is configured to detect a proximity state as the first operation state and detect a contact state as the second operation state, the proximity state being a state in which it is possible to detect that the operation object is not in contact with the face of the display input part and is located over the face of the display input part, and the contact state being a state in which the operation object is in contact with the face of the display input part.

23. An information processing method by an information processing device including a display input part accepting an operation of an operation object, the information processing method comprising:

accepting an input operation of the operation object by detecting an operation position of the operation object on a face of the display input part, and, based on the accepted input operation, detecting either a first operation state or a second operation state in a same operation position on the face of the display input part; and

when the first operation state is detected, giving an instruction for designation of specified information selected by the input operation, and, when the second operation state is detected, giving an instruction for confirmation of the specified information.

24. The information processing method according to claim 23, comprising:

when the second operation state is detected after the first operation state is detected, giving an instruction for confirmation of the specified information with an instruction for designation given, and, when the first operation state is terminated without detection of the second operation state after the first operation state is detected, terminating designation of the specified information with an instruction for designation given.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program comprising instructions for causing an information processing device including a display input part accepting an operation of an operation object, to realize:

an operation detecting unit for accepting an input operation of the operation object by detecting an operation position of the operation object on a face of the display input part; and

a controlling unit for executing a preset process in accordance with the input operation,

the computer program comprising instructions for causing the information processing device to realize that;

the operation detecting unit is configured to, based on the accepted input operation, detect either a first operation state or a second operation state in a same operation position on the face of the display input part; and

the controlling unit is configured to, when the operation detecting unit detects the first operation state, give an instruction for designation of specified information selected by the input operation, and, when the operation detecting unit detects the second operation state, give an instruction for confirmation of the specified information.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing the program according to claim 25, wherein the controlling unit is configured to, when the second operation state is detected after the first operation state is detected, give an instruction for confirmation of the specified information with an instruction for designation given, and, when the first operation state is terminated without detection of the second operation state after the first operation state is detected, terminate designation of the specified information with an instruction for designation given.