Information processing apparatus, parameter setting method, and program

• US 9,026,933 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kano, Ritsuko, Ohki, Yoshihito, Komori, Akihiro, Miyazaki, Reiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/170,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,407 Days
• Field of Search: 715/776, 345/156
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a position detection unit for detecting a contact position of an operating tool which has contacted a screen, an area size detection unit for detecting a contact area size of the operating tool which has contacted the screen, a pressure detection unit for detecting a pressure of the operating tool pressing the screen, and a parameter setting unit for setting, according to the contact area size of the operating tool on an object for parameter setting displayed on the screen and the pressure of the operating tool pressing the object, a size of a parameter associated with the object.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a non-transitory memory which stores instructions, which, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to

detect a contact position of an operating tool which has contacted a screen;

detect a contact area size of the operating tool which has contacted the screen;

detect a pressure of the operating tool pressing the screen; and

set, according to the contact area size of the operating tool on an object displayed on the screen and the pressure of the operating tool pressing the object, an amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool, wherein

the object is provided for each colour,

the processor is further configured to draw, in a case the operating tool contacts a drawing area on the screen, a dot at a contact position of the operating tool with a density according to the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool,

the processor decreases the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool every time a dot is drawn by the drawing unit, and

the processor decreases the density of a dot to be drawn in the drawing area every time the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool is decreased.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the one or more computer processors to set the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool to be larger as the contact area size of the operating tool on the object is larger and set the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool to be larger as the pressure of the operating tool pressing the object is higher.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the instructions cause the one or more computer processors to set, as the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool, an amount proportional to an integral value I obtained by integrating, with respect to a time t during which the object is being contacted, a product S(t)*P(t) of a contact area size S(t) of the operating tool on the object and a pressure P(t) of the operating tool pressing the object.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the one or more computer processors to make the dot to be drawn in the drawing area larger as the contact area size of the operating tool is larger and increase the density of the dot to be drawn in the drawing area as the pressure of the operating tool is higher, and

wherein the instructions cause the one or more computer processors to greatly decrease the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool as the dot drawn in the drawing area is larger and greatly decrease the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool as the dot drawn in the drawing area is denser.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the instructions cause the one or more computer processors to decrease the density of the dot to be drawn in the drawing area as a speed of movement of the operating tool is greater.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein, in addition to the object provided for each colour, an object for deleting the dot drawn in the drawing area is provided on the screen, and

wherein, in a case the operating tool contacts the dot drawn in the drawing area after the operating tool contacts the object for deleting the dot, the instructions cause the one or more computer processors to lighten a colour of the dot at the contact position of the operating tool or delete the dot according to the pressure of the operating tool.

7. A parameter setting method performed by an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to detect a contact position of an operating tool which has contacted a screen, detect a contact area size of the operating tool which has contacted the screen, and detect a pressure of the operating tool pressing the screen, comprising:

setting, according to the contact area size of the operating tool on an object displayed on the screen and the pressure of the operating tool pressing the object, an amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool;

drawing, in a case the operating tool contacts a drawing area on the screen, a dot at a contact position of the operating tool with a density according to the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool;

decreasing the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool every time a dot is drawn by the drawing unit; and

decreasing the density of a dot to be drawn in the drawing area every time the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool is decreased, wherein

the object is provided for each colour.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

detecting a contact position of an operating tool which has contacted a screen;

detecting a contact area size of the operating tool which has contacted the screen;

detecting a pressure of the operating tool pressing the screen; and

setting, according to the contact area size of the operating tool on an object displayed on the screen and the pressure of the operating tool pressing the object, an amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool;

drawing, in a case the operating tool contacts a drawing area on the screen, a dot at a contact position of the operating tool with a density according to the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool;

decreasing the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool every time a dot is drawn by the drawing unit; and

decreasing the density of a dot to be drawn in the drawing area every time the amount of ink assumed to have been attached to the operating tool is decreased, wherein

the object is provided for each colour.