INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150192997A1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Koichi
• Application Number:
  US14/588,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20150192997A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/014 Force feedback applied to GUI
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77

Abstract

To provide a mechanism for easily setting a tactile sensation to be given to a user when the user touches an image, an information processing apparatus includes a display that displays an image and includes an input plane for performing a touch operation, a detection unit that detects a touch operation on the input plane, a setting unit that sets the area of an image corresponding to a touch position of the touch operation on the input plane as a tactile area for giving a tactile sensation, and a drawing control unit that applies a color over the displayed image by using a different color according to a tactile sensation type to enable recognizing the tactile area set by the setting unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display an image and includes an input plane for performing a touch operation;

a detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on the input plane;

a setting unit configured to set an area of an image corresponding to a touch position of the touch operation on the input plane as a tactile area for giving a tactile sensation; and

a drawing control unit configured to apply a color over the displayed image by using a different color according to a tactile sensation type to enable recognizing the tactile area set by the setting unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a tactile sensation generation unit configured to generate a tactile sensation while a user is performing a touch operation on the input plane,

wherein, when the user performs a touch operation to the tactile area while the image having the tactile sensation setting is being displayed, the tactile sensation generation unit generates a tactile sensation.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display control unit configured to display an option display portion having a plurality of options for selecting the tactile sensation type,

wherein a tactile sensation type to be set to the image is determined by performing a touch operation on the option display portion.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a tactile sensation generation unit configured to generate a tactile sensation while the user is performing a touch operation on the input plane,

wherein, while the user is performing a touch operation on the option in the option display portion, a tactile sensation corresponding to the touched option is generated.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of options includes an option for deleting a tactile sensation already set to the image.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a recording unit configured to overwrite the image with a color in accordance with the determined tactile sensation type.

7. A method for controlling an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display an image that includes an input plane for performing a touch operation, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation on the input plane;

setting an area of an image corresponding to a touch position of the touch operation on the input plane as a tactile area for giving a tactile sensation; and

controlling applying of a color over the displayed image by using a different color according to a tactile sensation type to enable recognizing the tactile area.

8. The method for controlling an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, the method further comprising:

generating a tactile sensation while a user is performing a touch operation on the input plane,

wherein, when the user performs a touch operation to the tactile area while the image having the tactile sensation setting is being displayed, a tactile sensation is generated

9. The method for controlling an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, the method further comprising:

displaying an option display portion having a plurality of options for selecting the tactile sensation type,

wherein a tactile sensation type to be set to the image is determined by performing a touch operation on the option display portion.

10. The method for controlling an image processing apparatus according to claim 9, the method further comprising:

generating a tactile sensation while the user is performing a touch operation on the input plane,

wherein, while the user is performing a touch operation on the option in the option display portion, a tactile sensation corresponding to the touched option is generated.

11. The method for controlling an image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of options includes an option for deleting a tactile sensation already set to the image.

12. The method for controlling an image processing apparatus according to claim 10, the method further comprising:

overwriting the image with a color in accordance with the determined tactile sensation type.