Apparatus and control method based on motion

• US 9,229,529 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Aizawa, Takahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US14/134,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20150177826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

A device includes a display panel configured to display an interface. The device includes a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion. The device includes circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes based on the hitting position.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the device and to output a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion; and

circuitry configured to control, based on the detection signal, a display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in an interface displayed by the display panel changes, wherein

when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes in a direction determined based on the hitting position.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising

a memory that stores a maximum reach distance corresponding to a furthest point on the display panel reachable by a user'"'"'s hand when the hand is holding the device, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display panel such that the element changes the at least one of the display position and the display size such that at least a portion of the element is displayed within the maximum reach distance from the hitting position.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

the display panel includes a touch sensor configured to detect an initial position of one or more fingers of a user'"'"'s hand prior to the detected motion, and

the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element is changed based on the initial position of the one or more fingers.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display panel by moving the element to within a predetermined distance from an edge of the display panel.

5. The device according to claim 4, further comprising

a memory that stores a maximum reach distance corresponding to a furthest point on the display panel reachable by a user'"'"'s hand when the hand is holding the device, wherein

the predetermined distance corresponds to the maximum reach distance.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

the motion sensor is configured to detect a number of movements in the motion and to include the number of movements in the detection signal; and

the circuitry is configured to control the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size changes based on the number of movements detected in the motion.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein

the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element is changed by a magnitude that is based on the number of detected movements.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

the motion sensor is configured to detect a direction of the motion and to include the direction of the motion in the detection signal; and

the circuitry is configured to change the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element in a direction corresponding to the detected direction of the motion.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

the motion sensor is configured to determine a number of physical shocks detected during the motion and to include the number of physical shocks in the detection signal; and

the circuitry is configured to control the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size changes based on the number of physical shocks detected by the motion sensor.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

the motion sensor is configured to measure an acceleration of the device during the motion and to include the measured acceleration in the detection signal; and

the circuitry is configured to change the at least one of the display position and the display size based on the measured acceleration.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein

the circuitry is configured to change the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element when the measured acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the display size of the element is reduced based on the detection signal.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to further change the at least one of the display position and the display size when the motion sensor detects a second motion following the change in the at least one of the display position and the display size resultant from a preceding motion.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein:

the circuitry is configured to restore the at least one of the display position and the display size to their original condition in response to the second motion; and

the original condition corresponds to a display position and a display size of the element prior to the preceding motion.

15. The device according to claim 1, further comprising

a touch sensor configured to detect a touch operation performed on a surface of the display panel, wherein

the circuitry is configured to restore the element to its original condition when the touch operation is detected subsequent to the change in the at least one of the display position and the display size, and

the original condition corresponds to a display position and a display size of the element prior to the change in the at least one of the display position and the display size caused by the motion.

16. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

the element is a window, of a plurality of windows displayed in the interface; and

the circuitry is configured to alter, based on the detection signal, an arrangement of the window with respect to the plurality of windows.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein

the arrangement is altered by exchanging the display position of the window with a display position of another window, of the plurality of windows.

18. The device according to claim 16, wherein

the circuitry is configured to alter, when the motion includes the physical shock on the device, the arrangement of the window based on the hitting position.

19. A method of controlling a display panel configured to display an interface, the method comprising:

detecting, by a motion sensor of a device, a motion of the device;

generating, by the motion sensor, a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion; and

controlling, by circuitry of the device, based on the detection signal, the display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in the interface changes, wherein

when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the circuitry controls the display panel such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes in a direction determined based on the hitting position.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein that when executed by one or more processors cause a device including a motion sensor to perform a method comprising:

detecting, by the motion sensor, a motion of the device;

generating a detection signal in response to the detection of the motion; and

controlling based on the detection signal, a display panel such that at least one of a display position and a display size of an element displayed in an interface displayed by the display panel changes, wherein

when the motion includes a physical shock on the device, the detection signal includes an indication of a hitting position corresponding to a position on the device where the physical shock is detected by the motion sensor, and the display panel is controlled such that the at least one of the display position and the display size of the element changes in a direction determined based on the hitting position.