Operation control device and operation control method

• US 8,659,549 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2010
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Homma, Fuminori, Nashida, Tatsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US12/803,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20110018804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-169, 345173-178, 178 1801- 1809, 178 2001- 2004
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects

Abstract

There is provided an operation control device including a motion detection part which detects an object to be detected, which is moved by motion of a user, a motion determination part which determines motion of the object to be detected based on a detection result, a movable region movement processing part which moves a cursor movable region including a cursor operating an object displayed in a display region, and a cursor movement processing part which moves the cursor. Based on motion of a first detected object, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor in the display region by a first movement unit. Based on motion of a second detected object, the cursor movement processing part moves only the cursor in the cursor movable region by a second movement unit smaller than the first movement unit.

Claims

1. An operation control device comprising:

a motion detection part which detects an object to be detected, which is moved by motion of a user;

a motion determination part which determines motion of the object to be detected based on a detection result obtained by the motion detection part;

a movable region movement processing part which moves a cursor movable region including a cursor operating an object displayed in a display region; and

a cursor movement processing part which moves the cursor,

in which the cursor movable region has a predetermined shape and has a size larger than that of the cursor,

which based on the motion of a first detected object detected by the motion detection part, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor in the display region by a first movement unit, and

in which based on the motion of a second detected object detected by the motion detection part, the cursor movement processing part moves only the cursor in the cursor movable region by a second movement unit smaller than the first movement unit at which time the cursor movable region is stationary such that movement of the cursor is enabled to be independent of that of the cursor movable region.

2. The operation control device according to claim 1, wherein when a region formed by dividing the display region into a predetermined number of regions is a first unit region, the cursor movable region includes one or two or more of the first unit regions, and

the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor in the unit of the first unit region in accordance with an amount of movement of the first detected object.

3. The operation control device according to claim 1, wherein when a region formed by dividing the cursor movable region into a predetermined number of regions is a second unit region,

the cursor movement processing part moves the cursor in the unit of the second unit region in accordance with an amount of movement of the second detected object.

4. The operation control device according to claim 3, wherein when the cursor is located outside the cursor movable region when the cursor is moved by the second detected object, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor moved by the second detected object.

5. The operation control device according to claim 1, wherein only when the first detected object is in a movement mode that enables movement of the cursor movable region, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region, and

only when the second detected object is in a movement mode that enables movement of the cursor, the cursor movement processing part moves the cursor.

6. The operation control device according to claim 1, wherein the size of the cursor movable region is changeable by a user.

8. The operation control device according to claim 1, in which the predetermined shape is a circular shape which has a size larger than that of the cursor.

9. The operation control device according to claim 1, in which the predetermined shape is a quadrangle shape which has a size larger than that of the cursor.

7. An operation control method comprising the steps of:

detecting an object to be detected, which is moved by motion of a user;

determining motion of the object to be detected based on a detection result;

moving a cursor movable region, in which a cursor operating an object displayed in a display region is displayed, and the cursor together in the entire display region by a first movement unit based on motion of a first detected object, in which the cursor movable region has a predetermined shape and has a size larger than that of the cursor; and

moving the cursor in the cursor movable region by a second movement unit smaller than the first movement unit based on motion of a second detected object at which time the cursor movable region is stationary such that movement of the cursor is enabled to be independent of that of the cursor movable region.