USER INTERFACE DEVICE, USER INTERFACE METHOD, AND PROGRAM
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Abstract
Display device is able to detect a proximity operation in which finger F is brought close to display surface without making contact and a contact operation in which the finger makes contact with display surface. Display device specifies a position of a finger of a user while in a stationary state above display screen as reference position BP1 or BP2 based on the proximate operation of the user. When display device specifies reference position BP1 or BP2 after screen SC1 including selectable objects is displayed on display surface, display device enlarges and displays objects located in specific region Ts according to the specified reference position (objects having reference sign “M” at the end). This allows for supporting the user in indicating by a contact operation of an object located at a position further away from the finger when the user operates display device with one hand.
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20 Claims
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11. A user interface device comprising:
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a display unit that displays an image on a display surface; an operation detecting unit that detects a first operation in which a pointer is brought close to the display surface without making contact with the display surface, and a second operation in which the pointer is brought closer to the display surface than in the first operation; a reference-position-specifying unit that specifies a reference position of the pointer based on the first operation detected by the operation detecting unit; a display control unit that controls a display of an image including a selectable object on the display surface, and upon a specification of the reference position by the reference-position-specifying unit, controls a display of an object according to the specified reference position in a predetermined display manner for supporting an indication by the second operation; and a selected-object-specifying unit that specifies, upon a detection by the operation detecting unit of a second operation indicating an object displayed on the display surface, the object as a selected object by a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user interface method comprising:
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an operation detecting step of detecting a first operation in which a pointer is brought close to a display surface, on which an image is displayed, without making contact with the display surface, and a second operation in which the pointer is brought closer to the display surface than in the first operation; a reference-position-specifying step of specifying a reference position of the pointer based on the first operation detected in the operation detecting step; a display control step of controlling a display of an image including a selectable object on the display surface, and upon a specification of the reference position in the reference-position-specifying step, controls a display of an object according to the specified reference position in a predetermined display manner for supporting an indication by the second operation; and a selected-object-specifying step of specifying, upon a detection in the operation detecting step of a second operation indicating an object displayed on the display surface, the object as a selected object by a user.
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20. A program for causing a computer of a display device that displays an image on a display surface, to execute:
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an operation detecting step of detecting a first operation in which a pointer is brought close to the display surface without making contact with the display surface, and a second operation in which the pointer is brought closer to the display surface than in the first operation; a reference-position-specifying step of specifying a reference position of the pointer based on the first operation detected in the operation detecting step; a display control step of controlling a display of an image including a selectable object on the display surface, and upon a specification of the reference position in the reference-position-specifying step, controls a display of an object according to the specified reference position in a predetermined display manner for supporting an indication by the second operation; and a selected-object-specifying step of specifying, upon a detection in the operation detecting step of a second operation indicating an object displayed on the display surface, the object as a selected object by a user.
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Specification