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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

  • US 9,658,761 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2012
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

  • a detection unit for detecting a position and a state of at least one operating tool with respect to a detection surface;

    an operation estimation unit for estimating, based on a detection result of the detection unit, an operation input process by the at least one operating tool;

    an operation status determination unit for determining, and notifying to the operation estimation unit, whether there is a change in the state of the at least one operating tool while in proximity to the detection surface; and

    an event processing unit configured toperform in a background the estimated operation input process based on the detected position and the detected state of the at least one operating tool while in proximity to the detection surface without notifying the performance of the estimated operation input process to a user, andperform, when the at least one operating tool in proximity to the detection surface makes contact with the detection surface, a visual feedback process that is displayed to the user using the estimated operation input process previously performed in the background if the contact is within a predetermined threshold distance from the detected position and the operation status determination unit determines that the state of the at least one operating tool does not change from when the at least one operating tool was in proximity to the detection surface,wherein the detection unit, the operation estimation unit, the operation status determination unit, and the event processing unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

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