INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD

• US 20150169160A1
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sawai, Kunihito, Yamamoto, Kazuyuki
• Application Number:
  US14/572,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169160A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

An input apparatus includes a detection section, a change section, and a transmission section. The detection section detects a movement amount of a user operation in an arbitrary direction. The change section changes a ratio of a first movement amount as a movement amount in a first operation direction corresponding to a first direction on a screen to a second movement amount as a movement amount in a second operation direction corresponding to a second direction on the screen different from the first direction, the first movement amount and the second movement amount corresponding to a detection value detected by the detection section. The transmission section transmits the first movement amount and the second movement amount whose ratio has been changed as scroll information of an image displayed on the screen.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an input unit configured to receive a mode selection input from a user;

a switching unit configured to switch between a pointing mode and a scroll mode based on the mode selection input; and

a scroll control unit configured to scroll in a scroll direction in the scroll mode.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the scroll control unit is configured to restrict the scroll direction to a horizontal direction based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the scroll control unit is configured to restrict the scroll direction to a vertical direction based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a direction weighting unit configured to determine a first direction weighting factor that restricts the scroll direction in a first scroll direction based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the direction weighting unit is configured to determine a second direction weighting factor that restricts the scroll direction in a second scroll direction, different from the first scroll direction, based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input unit is further configured to receive a movement input based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the scroll control unit is further configured to restrict the scroll direction based on the movement input received by the input unit.

8. An information processing method comprising:

receiving, by an input unit, a mode selection input from a user;

switching, by a switching unit, between a pointing mode and a scroll mode based on the mode selection input; and

scrolling, by a scroll control unit, in a scroll direction in the scroll mode.

9. The information processing method of claim 8, wherein scrolling includes restricting the scroll direction to a horizontal direction based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

10. The information processing method of claim 8, wherein scrolling includes restricting the scroll direction to a vertical direction based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

11. The information processing method of claim 8, further comprising determining a first direction weighting factor that restricts the scroll direction in a first scroll direction based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

12. The information processing method of claim 11, further comprising determining a second direction weighting factor that restricts the scroll direction in a second scroll direction, different from the first scroll direction, based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

13. The information processing method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, by the input unit, a movement input based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space.

14. The information processing method of claim 13, wherein scrolling includes restricting the scroll direction based on the movement input received by the input unit.

15. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an input unit configured to receive from a user a mode selection input indicative of a pointing mode or a scroll mode and to receive a movement input based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space;

a switching unit configured to operate in the pointing mode or the scroll mode based on the mode selection input; and

a scroll control unit configured to scroll in a scroll direction in the scroll mode based on the movement input received by the input unit.

16. The information processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the scroll control unit is configured to restrict the scroll direction to a horizontal direction based on the movement input received by the input unit.

17. The information processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the scroll control unit is configured to restrict the scroll direction to a vertical direction based on the movement input received by the input unit.

18. The information processing apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a direction weighting unit configured to determine a first direction weighting factor that restricts the scroll direction in a first scroll direction based on the movement input received by the input unit.

19. The information processing apparatus of claim 18, wherein the direction weighting unit is configured to determine a second direction weighting factor that restricts the scroll direction in a second scroll direction, different from the first scroll direction, based on the movement input received by the input unit.

20. The information processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the scroll control unit is further configured to restrict the scroll direction based on the movement input received by the input unit.

21. An information processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

receive from a user a mode selection input indicative of a pointing mode or a scroll mode and to receive a movement input based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space;

operate in the pointing mode or the scroll mode based on the mode selection input; and

scroll in a scroll direction in the scroll mode based on the movement input.

22. A computer-readable storage device encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processing apparatus, perform a method comprising:

receiving from a user a mode selection input indicative of a pointing mode or a scroll mode and receiving a movement input based on movement of the user in three-dimensional space;

operating in the pointing mode or the scroll mode based on the mode selection input; and

scrolling in a scroll direction in the scroll mode based on the movement input.