Information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and computer-readable storage medium

• US 8,717,286 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Tomoyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Beck, Alexander S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Truong, Nguyen H
• Application Number:
  US12/609,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20100123657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,649 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-172
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1636 Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

An information processing apparatus executes a variety of processing operations in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation detected by an operation detection device. The apparatus generates a data set from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition. The apparatus determines the content of processing corresponding to the motion detected by the operation detection device. The apparatus adjusts the data set by increasing or decreasing data included in the data set generated, based on the determined processing.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which executes a variety of processing operations in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation detected by an operation detection device, comprising:

a generation unit configured to generate a data set from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition;

a direction acquisition unit configured to acquire information representing which surface of the operation detection device is an upper surface, when a predetermined motion is detected by the operation detection device;

a determination unit configured to determine whether a content of processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is a processing which adds data to the data set or a processing which deletes data from the data set, based on the information acquired by the direction acquisition unit;

an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a magnitude of the predetermined motion; and

an adjustment unit configured to perform adjustment of the data set by increasing or decreasing the data included in the data set generated by the generation unit, based on the content of processing determined by the determination unit,

wherein the determination unit determines that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which deletes data from the data set in a case where the upper surface represented by the information acquired by the direction acquisition unit is a predetermined surface and determines that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which adds data to the data set in a case where the upper surface represented by the information acquired by the direction acquisition unit is a surface opposite to the predetermined surface,

wherein the adjustment unit performs adjustment so as to add an amount of data determined based on the magnitude evaluated by the evaluation unit to the data set in the case where the result of the determination represents the processing which adds data to the data set, and so as to delete an amount of data from the data set determined based on the magnitude evaluated by the evaluation unit in the case where the result of the determination represents the processing which deletes data from the data set, and wherein, if the result of the determination represents the processing which deletes data from the data set, data displayed closer to the surface opposite to the predetermined surface is deleted prior to data displayed closer to the predetermined surface.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processes by the determination unit and the adjustment unit are repeatedly performed,

wherein when the latest content of processing determined by the determination unit is processing for adding data to the data set, the adjustment unit preferentially adds data already deleted from the data set by the previous adjustment by the number based on the magnitude currently evaluated by the evaluation unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment unit preferentially adds data matching a condition associated with the predetermined condition at the time of generating the data set when the content of processing determined by the determination unit is processing for adding data to the data set.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment unit decides data to be added to the data set, based on a similarity with data included in the data set when the content of processing determined by the determination unit is processing for adding data to the data set.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processes by the determination unit and the adjustment unit are repeatedly performed,

wherein when the latest content of processing determined by the determination unit is processing for deleting data from the data set, the adjustment unit preferentially deletes, data already added to the data set by the previous adjustment by the number based on the magnitude currently evaluated by the evaluation unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment unit decides data to be deleted from the data set, based on a similarity between data contained in the data set, when the content of processing determined by the determination unit is processing for deleting data from the data set.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output processing unit configured to output, in a recognizable state, a process of an increasing or decreasing the data included in the data set by the adjustment unit,

wherein the output processing unit displays on a display so that, in a case where the adjustment unit performs adjustment so as to delete an amount of data from the data set, thumbnails of data that is to be deleted fall from the display to the surface opposite to the predetermined surface of the operation detection device, and

wherein the output processing unit displays on a display so that, in a case where the adjustment unit performs adjustment so as to add an amount of data into the data set, thumbnails of data that is to be added fall from the surface opposite to the predetermined surface of the operation detection device to the display.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined motion is one of a shaking motion and a striking motion detected by the operation detection device.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the direction acquisition unit performs an acquisition based on whether the operation detection device is turned upside down.

15. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the direction acquisition unit acquires information representing which surface of the operation detection device is an upper surface based on an acceleration value which an acceleration sensor detects during a shaking motion of the operation detection device in a predetermined direction.

9. A processing method for an information processing apparatus which executes a variety of processing operations in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation detected by an operation detection device, comprising:

a generation step of generating a data set from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition;

a direction acquisition step of acquiring information representing which surface of the operation detection device is an upper surface, when a predetermined motion is detected by the operation detection device;

a determination step of determining whether a content of processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is a processing which adds data to the data set or a processing which deletes data from the data set, based on the information acquired in the direction acquisition step;

an evaluation step of evaluating a magnitude of the predetermined motion; and

an adjustment step of performing adjustment of the data set by increasing or decreasing the data included in the data set generated in the generation step, based on the content of processing determined in the determination step,

wherein it is determined in the determination step that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which deletes data from the data set in a case where the upper surface represented by the information acquired in the direction acquisition step is a predetermined surface, and determined that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which adds data to the data set in a case where the upper surface represented by the information acquired in the direction acquisition step is a surface opposite to the predetermined surface,

wherein in the adjustment step, adjustment is performed so as to add an amount of data determined based on the magnitude evaluated in the evaluation step to the data set in the case where the result of the determination represents the processing which adds data to the data set, and so as to delete an amount of data from the data set determined based on the magnitude evaluated in the evaluation step in the case where the result of the determination represents the processing which deletes data from the data set, and wherein, if the result of the determination represents the processing which deletes data from the data set, data displayed closer to the surface opposite to the predetermined surface is deleted prior to data displayed closer to the predetermined surface.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute each step of a processing method for an information processing apparatus according to claim 9.

16. The method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of outputting, in a recognizable state, a process of an increasing or decreasing the data included in the data set in the adjustment step,

wherein an output is performed on a display so that, in a case where in the adjustment step adjustment is performed so as to delete an amount of data from the data set, thumbnails of data that is to be deleted fall from the display to the surface opposite to the predetermined surface of the operation detection device,

wherein an output is performed on a display so that, in a case where in the adjustment step adjustment is performed so as to add an amount of data into the data set, thumbnails of data that is to be added fall from the surface opposite to the predetermined surface of the operation detection device to the display.

11. An information processing apparatus which executes a variety of processing operations in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation detected by an operation detection device, comprising:

a generation unit configured to generate a data set from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition;

a direction acquisition unit configured to acquire information representing which surface of the operation detection device is an upper surface, when a predetermined motion is detected by the operation detection device;

a determination unit configured to determine whether a content of processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is a processing which adds data to the data set or a processing which deletes data from the data set, based on the information acquired by the direction acquisition unit; and

an adjustment unit configured to perform adjustment of the data set by increasing or decreasing the data included in the data set generated by the generation unit, based on the content of processing determined by the determination unit,

wherein the determination unit determines that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which deletes data from the data set in a case where the upper surface represented by the information acquired by the direction acquisition unit is a predetermined surface and determines that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which adds data to the data set in a case where the upper surface represented by the information acquired by the direction acquisition unit is a surface opposite to the predetermined surface,

wherein, if the result of the determination represents the processing which deletes data from the data set, data displayed closer to the surface opposite to the predetermined surface is deleted prior to data displayed closer to the predetermined surface.

12. A processing method for an information processing apparatus which executes a variety of processing operations in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation detected by an operation detection device, comprising:

a generation step of generating a data set from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition;

a direction acquisition step of acquiring information representing which surface of the operation detection device is an upper surface, when a predetermined motion is detected by the operation detection device;

a determination step of determining whether a content of processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is a processing which adds data to the data set or a processing which deletes data from the data set, based on the information acquired in the direction acquisition step; and

an adjustment step of performing adjustment of the data set by increasing or decreasing the data included in the data set generated in the generation step, based on the content of processing determined in the determination step,

wherein it is determined in the determination step that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which deletes data from the data set in a case where the upper surface represented in by the information acquired in the direction acquisition step is a predetermined surface, and determined that the processing corresponding to the predetermined motion is the processing which adds data to the data set in a case where the upper surface represented by the information acquired in the direction acquisition step is a surface opposite to the predetermined surface,

wherein, if the result of the determination represents the processing which deletes data from the data set, data displayed closer to the surface opposite to the predetermined surface is deleted prior to data displayed closer to the predetermined surface.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute each step of a processing method for an information processing apparatus according to claim 12.