System, method and storage medium for setting an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the input data

• US 8,904,057 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Ohta, Keizo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shyu, Jing-Yih
• Application Number:
  US13/418,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20130111093A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• US Class Current: 710/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

During a period from a time when an input coordinate is interrupted to a time when an interruption compensation period, which is set on the basis of a moving speed of the input coordinate, elapses, an example information processing apparatus determines that an operator continues an input operation, and performs coordinate complementation. Specifically, as the moving speed of the input coordinate increases, the interruption compensation period increases. Then, when the interruption compensation period elapses, the information processing apparatus determines that the operator has ended the input operation.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program for processing input data outputted from a predetermined input device, the information processing program causing a computer to operate as:

an interruption compensation period setter configured to set an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the input data; and

an interruption compensator configured to determine that input continues and correct the input data, during a period from a time when output of the input data from the input device is interrupted to a time when the interruption compensation period elapses,

wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a change speed calculator configured to calculate a change speed of the input data, and

the interruption compensation period setter sets the interruption compensation period on the basis of the change speed of the input data calculated by the change speed calculator.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the change speed calculator calculates the change speed of the input data on the basis of at least a difference between latest input data and input data immediately previous to the latest input data.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined input device is a coordinate input device,

the input data is input coordinate data indicating a contact position with respect to an operation surface of the coordinate input device, and

during a period from a time when the contact position indicated by the input coordinate data is interrupted to a time when the interruption compensation period elapses, the interruption compensator determines that contact continues, and corrects the input coordinate data.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a following value calculator configured to calculate a following value which follows a target value which is set on the basis of the input data, and

when the output of the input data is interrupted, the interruption compensator complements input data for a period when the output of the input data is interrupted, by using the following value.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 3, wherein

the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a following coordinate calculator configured to calculate a following coordinate which follows a target coordinate which is set on the basis of the input data, and

when the contact position indicated by the input coordinate data is interrupted, the interruption compensator complements a contact position for a period when the contact position indicated by the input coordinate data is interrupted, on the basis of an interval of the contact position indicated by the input coordinate data and a moving direction of the following coordinate.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 4, wherein the following value calculator calculates the following value such that the following value follows the target value at a predetermined rate.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium-according to claim 6, wherein the following value calculator updates the following value such that a difference between the following value and the target value decreases at the predetermined rate.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the following value calculator updates the following value such that the following value approaches the target value by a value obtained by multiplying a difference between the following value and the target value by the predetermined rate.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the interruption compensator corrects the input data in real time.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program for processing input data outputted from a predetermined input device, the information processing program causing a computer to operate as:

an interruption compensation period setter configured to set an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the input data; and

an interruption compensator configured to determine that input continues and correct the input data, during a period from a time when output of the input data from the input device is interrupted to a time when the interruption compensation period elapses,

wherein the interruption compensation period which is set by the interruption compensation period setter increases as a change amount of the input data immediately before the output of the input data from the input device is interrupted increases.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program for processing input data outputted from a predetermined input device, the information processing program causing a computer to operate as:

an interruption compensation period setter configured to set an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the input data; and

an interruption compensator configured to determine that input continues and correct the input data, during a period from a time when output of the input data from the input device is interrupted to a time when the interruption compensation period elapses, wherein

the predetermined input device is a coordinate input device which outputs input coordinate data indicating a contact position with respect to an operation surface thereof, and

when output of the input coordinate data from the coordinate input device is interrupted during an input operation of moving the contact position with contact with the operation surface maintained, the interruption compensation period setter determines that input continues, during a period which increases as a speed of the input operation increases.

12. An information processing apparatus for processing input data outputted from a predetermined input device, the information processing apparatus comprising:

an interruption compensation period setter configured to set an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the input data; and

an interruption compensator configured to determine that input continues and correct the input data, during a period from a time when output of the input data from the input device is interrupted to a time when the interruption compensation period elapses,

wherein the information processing program further causes a computer to operate as a change speed calculator configured to calculate a change speed of the input data, and

the interruption compensation period setter sets the interruption compensation period on the basis of the change speed of the input data calculated by the change speed calculator.

13. An information processing system for processing input data outputted from a predetermined input device, the information processing system comprising:

an interruption compensation period setter configured to set an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the input data; and

an interruption compensator configured to determine that input continues and correct the input data, during a period from a time when output of the input data from the input device is interrupted to a time when the interruption compensation period elapses,

wherein the information processing program further causes a computer to operate as a change speed calculator configured to calculate a change speed of the input data, and

the interruption compensation period setter sets the interruption compensation period on the basis of the change speed of the input data calculated by the change speed calculator.

14. An information processing method executed by a computer of an information processing system for processing input data outputted from a predetermined input device, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

setting an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the input data; and

determining that input continues and correcting the input data, during a period from a time when output of the input data from the input device is interrupted to a time when the interruption compensation period elapses,

wherein the information processing program further causes a computer to operate as a change speed calculator configured to calculate a change speed of the input data, and

sets the interruption compensation period on the basis of the change speed of the input data calculated by the change speed calculator.

15. An information processing method performed by at least one computer processor in response to user input data the computer processor receives from a user input device, the information processing method comprising:

setting, using the at least one computer processor, an interruption compensation period on the basis of a change amount of the received user input data;

timing the set interruption compensation period;

determining, with the at least one computer processor from the input data during the timed interruption compensation period, whether user input continues; and

with the at least one computer processor, continually correcting the user input data from when the user input data from the input device is interrupted until when the timed interruption compensation period elapses.