Information processing apparatus to flip image and display additional information, and associated methodology

• US 8,847,977 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2009
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ozawa, Hiroyuki, Takaoka, Ryo, Iwase, Ayako, Iriya, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sams, Michelle L
• Application Number:
  US12/479,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20100026719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,943 Days
• Field of Search: 345/649, 345/672, 715/700
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A touch screen includes a display unit and an operation input receiving unit that receives a touch. A display control unit allows a state of display on the display unit to transit from a first state in which an image is displayed as a front side of a card to a second state in which an additional information image is displayed as a rear side of the card. In response to a determination that the operation input receiving unit has detected in the first state that a touched location is a border of the image, an additional information access entrance is displayed at the border. When the operation input receiving unit detects a tracing operation in which the touch moves by a predetermined distance while touching the operation input receiving unit, the tracing operation starting from the additional information access entrance, the state of display is forced to transit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display configured to, in a first display state, display an image as a front side of a card, and in a second display state, display an additional information image including additional information associated with the image as a rear side of the card;

a touch sensor configured to detect a predetermined touch operation performed on the display;

a rotation sensor configured to detect an inclination of the information processing apparatus; and

a circuit configured to;

determine whether the display is in the first display state or the second display state;

determine whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed; and

control the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state, wherein

when the touch sensor detects the predetermined touch operation on the display and the circuit determines that the display is in the first display state, the circuit is configured to control the display to transition from the first display state to the second display state,

when the touch sensor detects the predetermined touch operation on the display and the circuit determines that the display is in the second display state, the circuit is configured to control the display to transition from the second display state to the first display state,

when the circuit determines that the display is in the first display state, the circuit is configured to control the display to transition from the first display state to the second display state when the rotation sensor detects a first rotation of the information processing apparatus of 90 degrees from an original orientation, the rotation sensor detects a second rotation of the information processing apparatus so that the information processing apparatus returns to the original orientation, and the circuit determines that the predetermined period of time has not elapsed,

when the circuit determines that the display is in the second display state, the circuit is configured to control the display to transition from the second display state to the first state of display when the rotation sensor detects the first rotation of the information processing apparatus of 90 degrees from the original orientation, the rotation sensor detects the second rotation of the information processing apparatus so that the information processing apparatus returns to the original orientation, and the circuit determines that the predetermined period of time has not elapsed, and

the predetermined period of time is measured from a beginning of the first rotation to a completion of the second rotation.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit is configured to control the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when the touch sensor detects a touch operation in a predetermined area for at least a second predetermined period of time.

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

the display and the touch sensor are disposed on a first surface of the information processing apparatus,

the information processing apparatus further comprises a touch panel disposed on a second surface of the information processing apparatus opposite the first surface, and

the circuit is configured to control the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when the touch sensor detects a touch operation in a predetermined area of the display.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit is further configured to control the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when the rotation sensor detects a rotation of the information processing apparatus of 360 degrees and the circuit determines that the predetermined period of time has not elapsed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein circuit is further configured to control the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when the rotation sensor detects a rotation of the information processing apparatus of 180 degrees followed by another operation of the information processing apparatus of 180 degrees, returning the information processing apparatus to the original orientation, and the circuit determines that the predetermined period of time has not elapsed.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the state of display on the display is the first display state, the circuit is configured to acquire the additional information to be displayed in the additional information image.

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

when the circuit determines that the display is in the first display state and the touch sensor detects a touch operation in a border of the display, the display is configured to display the image and an additional information access entrance at the border of the image, and

the predetermined touch operation is configured as a tracing operation in which a touch on the display at a location of the additional information access entrance is moved a predetermined distance while the touch remains on the display.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the circuit is configured to control a change of a rate at which the image is reduced on the display in accordance with a path of the touch in the tracing operation while the changing image is displayed on the display.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the circuit is configured to change the rate at which the image is reduced in a horizontal direction to successively display reductions of the image in accordance with the path of the touch in the tracing operation.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the tracing operation is in a substantially horizontal direction.

11. An information processing method used with an information processing apparatus including:

a display configured to, in a first display state, display an image as a front side of a card, and in a second display state, display an additional information image including additional information associated with the image as a rear side of the card;

a touch sensor; and

a rotation sensor,

the information processing method comprising;

detecting an inclination of the information processing apparatus;

detecting a predetermined touch operation performed on the display;

determining whether the display is in the first display state or the second display state;

determining whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed;

controlling the display to transition from the first display state to the second display state when the predetermined touch operation on the display is detected and the display is in the first display state,

controlling the display to transition from the second display state to the first display state when the predetermined touch operation on the display is detected and the display is in the second display state,

controlling the display to transition from the first display state to the second display state when a first rotation of 90 degrees from an original orientation of the information processing apparatus is detected, a second rotation that returns the information processing apparatus to the original orientation is detected, the predetermined period of time has not elapsed and the display is in the first display state, and

controlling the display to transition from the second display state to the first display state when the first rotation of 90 degrees from the original orientation of the information processing apparatus is detected, the second rotation that returns the information processing apparatus to the original orientation is detected, the predetermined period of time has not elapsed and the display is in the second display state, wherein

the predetermined period of time is measured from a beginning of the first rotation to a completion of the second rotation.

12. The information processing method according to claim 11, further comprising:

controlling the display to display the image and an additional information access entrance at the border of the image when the display is in the first display state and a touch operation is detected in a border of the display, and

detecting the predetermined touch operation as a tracing operation in which a touch on the display at a location of the additional information access entrance is moved a predetermined distance while the touch remains on the display.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12, further comprising controlling a change of a rate at which the image is reduced on the display in accordance with a path of the touch in the tracing operation while the changing image is displayed on the display.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13, further comprising changing the rate at which the image is reduced in a horizontal direction to successively display reductions of the image in accordance with the path of the touch in the tracing operation.

15. The information processing method according to claim 12, wherein the tracing operation is in a substantially horizontal direction.

16. The information processing method according to claim 11, further comprising controlling the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when the touch sensor detects a touch operation in a predetermined area for at least a second predetermined period of time.

17. The information processing method according to claim 11, wherein

the display and the touch sensor are disposed on a first surface of the information processing apparatus,

the information processing apparatus further comprises a touch panel disposed on a second surface of the information processing apparatus opposite the first surface, and

the method further comprises controlling the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when a touch operation is detected in a predetermined area of the display.

18. The information processing method according to claim 11, further comprising controlling the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when a rotation of the information processing apparatus of 360 degrees is detected and the predetermined period of time has not elapsed.

19. The information processing method according to claim 11, further comprising controlling the display to transition between the first display state and the second display state when a rotation of the information processing apparatus of 180 degrees followed by another operation of the information processing apparatus of 180 degrees, returning the information processing apparatus to the original orientation, are detected and the predetermined period of time has not elapsed.

20. The information processing method according to claim 11, further comprising:

when the state of display on the display is the first display state, acquiring the additional information to be displayed in the additional information image.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer controlling an information processing apparatus to execute a control process, the information processing apparatus including:

a display configured to, in a first display state, display an image as a front side of a card, and in a second display state, display an additional information image including additional information associated with the image as a rear side of the card;

a touch sensor; and

a rotation sensor,

the control process comprising;

detecting an inclination of the information processing apparatus;

detecting a predetermined touch operation performed on the display;

determining whether the display is in the first display state or the second display state;

determining whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed;

controlling the display to transition from the first display state to the second display state when the predetermined touch operation on the display is detected and the display is in the first display state,

controlling the display to transition from the second display state to the first display state when the predetermined touch operation on the display is detected and the display is in the second display state,

controlling the display to transition from the first display state to the second display state when a first rotation of 90 degrees from an original orientation of the information processing apparatus is detected, a second rotation that returns the information processing apparatus to the original orientation is detected, the predetermined period of time has not elapsed and the display is in the first display state, and

controlling the display to transition from the second display state to the first display state when the first rotation of 90 degrees from the original orientation of the information processing apparatus is detected, the second rotation that returns the information processing apparatus to the original orientation is detected, the predetermined period of time has not elapsed and the display is in the second display state, wherein

the predetermined period of time is measured from a beginning of the first rotation to a completion of the second rotation.