OBJECT STOP POSITION CONTROL METHOD, ACTION INDICATING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150193109A1
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: TAKAHASHI, Masao
• Granted Patent: US 10,338,792 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An object stop position control method includes: when a movement instruction as to an object displayed on a display unit is received by a first operation method, moving the object in accordance with the movement instruction, stopping the movement of the object based on the movement instruction when the object moves past a predetermined stop position, and causing the object to automatically stop at the stop position; and, when the movement instruction is received by a second operation method, not causing the object to automatically stop, but moving the object in accordance with the movement instruction.

Claims

1. An object stop position control method comprising:

when a movement instruction as to an object displayed on a display unit is received by a first operation method, moving the object in accordance with the movement instruction, stopping the movement of the object based on the movement instruction when the object moves past a predetermined stop position, and causing the object to automatically stop at the stop position; and

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when the movement instruction is received by a second operation method, not causing the object to automatically stop, but moving the object in accordance with the movement instruction.

2. The object stop position control method according to claim 1, wherein stop position identification information is displayed at the stop position, and one of a display form of the stop position identification information and a display form of the stop position identification information and the object reminds the user of one of the first operation method and the second operation method from the other one.

3. The object stop position control method according to claim 2, wherein the display form of the stop position identification information and the object indicates that the object is made to stop at a display position of the stop position identification information by a predetermined physical action.

4. The object stop position control method according to claim 1, wherein

a moving direction of the object based on the movement instruction is determined in advance, and,

when an action to move the object in a different direction from the moving direction is received, the stop position is added or deleted at a site where the action is received.

5. The object stop position control method according to claim 1, wherein, when the movement instruction is received by the second operation method, an indication that the object does not automatically stop is displayed.

6. The object stop position control method according to claim 1, wherein

operation is capable of entering a skipping state where the object does not automatically stop even when the movement instruction is received by the first operation method, and,

after the operation enters the skipping state, the skipping state is maintained until a predetermined condition for canceling the skipping state is satisfied.

7. The object stop position control method according to claim 1, wherein the object is one of a tab of a slide bar and a list to be scrolled.

8. The object stop position control method according to claim 1, wherein the stop position is changeable.

9. The object stop position control method according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a touch panel on a display surface thereof, and receives the movement instruction through a touching action of a contact object such as a finger on the touch panel.

10. An action indicating device comprising:

a display unit;

a control unit configured to control display of an object on the display unit; and

an operation unit configured to receive a movement instruction as to the object displayed on the display unit from a user,

wherein, when receiving the movement instruction as to the an object displayed on the display unit by a first operation method, the control unit moves the object in accordance with the movement instruction, stops the movement of the object based on the movement instruction when the object moves past a predetermined stop position, and causes the object to automatically stop at the stop position, and,

when receiving the movement instruction by a second operation method, the control unit does not cause the object to automatically stop, and moves the object in accordance with the movement instruction.

11. The action indicating device according to claim 10, wherein the control unit displays stop position identification information at the stop position, and one of a display form of the stop position identification information and a display form of the stop position identification information and the object reminds the user of one of the first operation method and the second operation method from the other one.

12. The action indicating device according to claim 11, wherein the display form of the stop position identification information and the object indicates that the object is made to stop at a display position of the stop position identification information by a predetermined physical action.

13. The action indicating device according to claim 10, wherein

a moving direction of the object based on the movement instruction is determined in advance, and,

when receiving an action to move the object in a different direction from the moving direction, the control unit adds or deletes the stop position at a site where the control unit receives the action.

14. The action indicating device according to claim 10, wherein, when receiving the movement instruction by the second operation method, the control unit causes the display unit to display an indication that the object does not automatically stop.

15. The action indicating device according to claim 10, wherein

the action indicating device is capable of entering a skipping state where the object does not automatically stop even when the movement instruction is received by the first operation method, and,

after the action indicating device enters the skipping state, the control unit maintains the skipping state until a predetermined condition for canceling the skipping state is satisfied.

16. The action indicating device according to claim 10, wherein the object is one of a tab of a slide bar and a list to be scrolled.

17. The action indicating device according to claim 10, wherein the stop position is changeable.

18. The action indicating device according to claim 10, wherein the operation unit includes a touch panel placed on a display surface of the display unit, and receives the movement instruction through a touching action of a contact object such as a finger on the touch panel.

19. A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program for causing an information processing device to function as the action indicating device according to claim 10.