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

• US 8,878,800 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Seiji, Noda, Takuro, Yamano, Ikuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Boddie, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Okebato, Sahlu
• Application Number:
  US13/433,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256963A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method is provided for generating a command for executing a process according to analyzed input data. The method comprises calculating a movement speed of a plurality of operating members based on input data corresponding to input operations of the operating members. The method further comprises analyzing the input data based on the movement speed. The method also comprises generating a command for executing a process according to the analyzed input data.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

a speed calculation unit configured to calculate a movement speed of a plurality of operating members based on input data corresponding to input operations of the operating members using the at least one processor;

a manipulation input analysis unit configured to analyze the input data based on the movement speed using the at least one processor;

an execution unit configured to generate a command for executing a process according to the analyzed input data using the at least one processor; and

a grouping processing unit configured to classify the plurality of operating members into groups based on the input data using the at least one processor, wherein the grouping processing unit is configured to define a reference vector corresponding to an operating member having a highest movement speed from among the plurality of operating members.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising a processing unit configured to receive input data corresponding to the input operations from a plurality of input units using the at least one processor.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the generated command corresponds to an input operation of one of the operating members.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of operating members are classified according to at least one of position, movement direction, movement speed, area of contact, shape of contact, contact pressure, or proximity of the operating members to each other.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the grouping processing unit is configured to classify, as a group, operating members having movement parameter in common with the reference vector.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the movement parameter is a movement direction within a threshold angle of a direction of the reference vector, or a movement speed within a threshold amount of a speed of the reference vector.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the grouping processing unit is configured to exclude operating members based on a lack of a common movement parameter with the reference vector.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the grouping processing unit is configured to classify, as a group, operating members having a movement parameter related by a predetermined function to a corresponding movement parameter of the reference vector.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the manipulation input analysis unit is configured to determine a manipulation operation based on positional relationships and movement parameters of the groups.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the manipulation operation comprises at least one of a pinch-out operation, a pinch-in operation, a rotation operation, a scrolling operation, or a zooming operation.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the manipulation input analysis unit is configured to determine a manipulation operation based on averaging the movement parameters of the operating members in the group.

12. A method comprising:

calculating a movement speed of a plurality of operating members based on input data corresponding to input operations of the operating members;

analyzing the input data based on the movement speed;

generating a command for executing a process according to the analyzed input data; and

classifying the plurality of operating members into groups based on the input data to define a reference vector corresponding to an operating member having a highest movement speed from among the plurality of operating members.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the classifying classifies, as a group, operating members having movement parameter in common with the reference vector.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the movement parameter is a movement direction within a threshold angle of a direction of the reference vector, or a movement speed within a threshold amount of a speed of the reference vector.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the classifying excludes operating members based on a lack of a common movement parameter with the reference vector.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the classifying classifies, as a group, operating members having a movement parameter related by a predetermined function to a corresponding movement parameter of the reference vector.

19. The method of claim 12, comprising determining a manipulation operation based on positional relationships and movement parameters of the groups, wherein the manipulation operation comprises at least one of a pinch-out operation, a pinch-in operation, a rotation operation, a scrolling operation, or a zooming operation.

20. The method of claim 12, comprising determining a manipulation operation based on positional relationships and movement parameters of the groups, wherein the manipulation operation is based on averaging the movement parameters of the operating members in the group.

13. A tangibly embodied non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to perform a method, comprising:

calculating a movement speed of a plurality of operating members based on input data corresponding to input operations of the operating members;

analyzing the input data based on the movement speed;

generating a command for executing a process according to the analyzed input data; and

classifying the plurality of operating members into groups based on the input data to define a reference vector corresponding to an operating member having a highest movement speed from among the plurality of operating members.

14. An apparatus comprising at least one processor:

speed calculation means for calculating a movement speed of a plurality of operating members based on input data corresponding to input operations of the operating members using the at least one processor;

manipulation input analysis means for analyzing the input data based on the movement speed using the at least one processor;

execution means for generating a command for executing a process according to the analyzed input data using the at least one processor; and

grouping processing means for classifying the plurality of operating members into groups based on the input data using the at least one processor, wherein the grouping processing means defines a reference vector corresponding to an operating member having a highest movement speed from among the plurality of operating members.