INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150242090A1
• Filed: 02/11/2015
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, SATOSHI, TANUMA, FUMIHIKO
• Granted Patent: US 9,791,997 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor configured to perform the functions of displaying a cursor configured to select a range of a list screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, and changing an icon or icons to be selected using the cursor based on an operation of a user while keeping unchanged the number of icons selectable using the cursor.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to perform the functions of

displaying a cursor configured to select a range of a list screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, and

changing an icon or icons to be selected using the cursor based on an operation of a user while keeping unchanged the number of icons selectable using the cursor.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the list screen includes a first list screen configured to display a first number of icons, and a second list screen configured to display a second number of icons, the second list screen being displayed in response to a predetermined operation of a user performed on the first list screen, the second number being smaller than the first number, and

the second number of icons are selectable using the cursor on the first list screen.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

a range selected using the cursor is changeable from an initial range based on an operation of a user,

the initial range on the first list screen includes the second number of icons,

when a range selected using the cursor on the first list screen is reduced from the initial range, a third list screen configured to display a third number of icons is displayed in response to the predetermined operation of a user, the third number being smaller than the second number, the icons on the third list screen being larger than the icons on the second list screen, and

when the range selected using the cursor on the first list screen is enlarged from the initial range, the second list screen displaying a second number of icons extracted from the icons selected using the cursor is displayed.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the processor further obtains an operation of a user based on an operation signal provided by a controller including a plurality of operation units, and assigns different operations of a user to all or a portion of the plurality of operation units on the first list screen and the second list screen.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of icons are a plurality of content icons each indicating content, and the plurality of content icons each indicate content extracted from a content group, and

the processor is further configured to perform the function of displaying, on the list screen, the number of pieces of content including content included in the content group and not extracted from the content group.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the plurality of icons are arranged along an item axis, and

the number of the pieces of content is displayed in a form of a histogram on the item axis.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the range selected using the cursor is set in a field in which the plurality of icons are arranged, irrespective of a location where the plurality of icons are displayed.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the plurality of icons are a plurality of content icons each indicating content, and the plurality of content icons indicate pieces of content extracted from a content group and are arranged along an item axis, and

the processor is further configured to perform the function of scaling up a range of the item axis corresponding to the range selected using the cursor based on a predetermined operation of a user, to extract the pieces of content again.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of icons are a plurality of content icons indicating respective pieces of content, and

on the list screen, the plurality of content icons are arranged in a first direction according to a first attribute of the pieces of content, and are arranged in a second direction different from the first direction according to a second attribute of the pieces of content different from the first attribute.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the processor is further configured to perform the function of switching the range selected using the cursor between a range extending across the first direction and a range extending across the second direction.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the first attribute includes time stamps of generation or updating of the pieces of content.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the pieces of content are pieces of image content, respectively, and

the second attribute includes subjects or shooting locations of the pieces of image content.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the second attribute includes types, storage places, or categories of the pieces of content.

14. A system comprising:

one or more information processing apparatuses configured to perform the functions of

displaying a cursor configured to select a range of a list screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, and

changing an icon or icons to be selected using the cursor based on an operation of a user while keeping unchanged the number of icons selectable using the cursor.

15. An information processing method comprising:

displaying a cursor configured to select a range of a list screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged; and

changing an icon or icons to be selected using the cursor based on an operation of a user while keeping unchanged the number of icons selectable using the cursor.

16. A program for causing a computer to execute the functions of:

displaying a cursor configured to select a range of a list screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged; and

changing an icon or icons to be selected using the cursor based on an operation of a user while keeping unchanged the number of icons selectable using the cursor.