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

• US 20150160833A1
• Filed: 09/03/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hori, Takuro
• Granted Patent: US 10,168,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry implements a first effect in response to a user input when the apparatus is in a first posture and implements a second effect when the apparatus is in a second posture.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

processing circuitry that implements a first effect in response to a user input when the device is in a first posture and implements a second effect in response to the user input when the device is in a second posture.

2. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the first effect and the second effect are different effects of a common display function.

3. The information processing device of claim 2, wherein

the second effect has a larger effect on a displayed content than the first effect.

4. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the display function includes at least one of a scrolling operation, a flipping operation, a page forwarding operation, a flashing operation, seeking time operation, a progress bar operation, and a time scale of displayed content operation.

5. The information processing device of claim 2, wherein

an amount of difference of effect is related to an amount of difference between the first posture and the second posture.

6. The information processing device of claim 2, wherein

the common display function is a scrolling function,

the first effect is a scrolling of displayed content in a first direction when the first posture is a tilt in a negative direction, and

the second effect is a scrolling of displayed content in a second direction when the second posture is a tilt in a positive direction, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

7. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the common display function is a scrolling function, and

the processing circuitry is configured to cause a display device to display a scroll amount indicator that illustrates an amount of tilt of the apparatus and a corresponding scroll amount associated with the amount of tilt.

8. The information processing device of claim 7, wherein

the scroll amount indicator also includes a direction of tilt of the apparatus.

9. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the user input is a pinch operation, and

the common display function changes a zoom amount of a displayed image.

10. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to set a reference orientation setting of the apparatus in response to receiving another user input.

11. The information processing device of claim 10, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to release the reference orientation setting in response to a detected gesture made by the user.

12. The information processing device of claim 1, further comprising:

an orientation change detector that detects an orientation posture of the apparatus.

13. The information processing device of claim 1, further comprising a user interface through with the user input is made.

14. An information processing method comprising:

implementing with processing circuitry a first effect on displayed content of a device in response to a user input when the apparatus is in a first posture; and

implementing with the processing circuitry a second effect in response to the user input when the apparatus is in a second posture.

15. The information processing method of claim 14, wherein

the first effect and the second effect are different effects of a common display function.

16. The information processing method of claim 15, wherein

the second effect has a larger effect on a displayed content than the first effect.

17. The information processing method of claim 14, wherein

the display function includes at least one of a scrolling operation, a flipping operation, a page forwarding operation, a flashing operation, seeking time operation, a progress bar operation, and a time scale of displayed content operation.

18. The information processing method of claim 15, wherein

an amount of difference of effect is related to an amount of difference between the first posture and the second posture.

19. The information processing method of claim 15, wherein

the common display function is a scrolling function,

the first effect is a scrolling of displayed content in a first direction when the first posture is a tilt in a negative direction, and

the second effect is a scrolling of displayed content in a second direction when the second posture is a tilt in a positive direction, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored therein that when executed by a processor perform an information processing method, the method comprising:

implementing with processing circuitry a first effect on displayed content of a device in response to a user input when the apparatus is in a first posture; and

implementing with the processing circuitry a second effect in response to the user input when the apparatus is in a second posture.