Operation method, control apparatus, and program

• US 9,740,305 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2013
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kabasawa, Kenichi, Goto, Tetsuro, Ueno, Masatoshi, Kuriya, Shinobu, Nakagawa, Toshiyuki, Suzuki, Tatsuya, Tsukahara, Tsubasa, Kawabe, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): Sitta, Grant
• Application Number:
  US14/391,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20150097774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-173, 715600
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A control apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus is provided. The memory device stores instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive displacement information from the input apparatus, and at least one of: (i) generate a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display based on the displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is within a predetermined range, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate the displacement value if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range; and (ii) transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the displacement information, wherein the timing is calculated differently if the displacement information is within the predetermined range than if the displacement information is outside the predetermined range.

Claims

1. A control apparatus, comprising:

a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus;

a processor; and

a memory device configured to store instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to;

receive displacement information and information of a pressure applied on the input apparatus from the input apparatus, wherein the received displacement information includes amount of movement and amount of rotation of the input apparatus;

generate a displacement value for displacement of an operation target on a display based on the received displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate a first displacement value for the operation target based on a determination that at least one of the amount of movement or the amount of rotation is higher than a first threshold value, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate a second displacement value based on the determination that at least one of the amount of movement or the amount of rotation is lower than a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is lower than the first threshold value;

determine an action of the operation target based on a position of the pressure applied on the input apparatus; and

transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the received displacement information, wherein the processor is configured to calculate the timing as a first interval based on a determination that the received displacement information is within a determined range that includes the first threshold value and the second threshold value, and calculate the timing as a second interval based on the determination that the received displacement information is outside the determined range.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein based on the determination that the received displacement information is greater than the determined range, the first set of instructions calculates the first displacement value of the operation target to be greater than a displacement of the input apparatus.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein based on the determination that the received displacement information is less than the determined range, the second set of instructions calculates the second displacement value of the operation target to be smaller than a displacement of the input apparatus.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feedback signal indicates the displacement of the operation target on the display.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the timing based on the displacement value.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the feedback signal that causes the input apparatus to output at least one of a sound, a light, or a vibration.

7. A control method, comprising:

receiving displacement information and information of a pressure applied on an input apparatus from the input apparatus, wherein the received displacement information includes an amount of movement and an amount of rotation of the input apparatus;

generating a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display based on the received displacement information, wherein a first set of instructions is used to calculate a first displacement value for the operation target based on a determination that at least one of the amount of movement or the amount of rotation is higher than a first threshold value, and a second set of instructions is used to calculate a second displacement value based on the determination that at least one of the amount of movement or the amount of rotation is lower than a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is lower than the first threshold value;

determining an action of the operation target based on a position of the pressure applied on the input apparatus; and

transmitting a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the received displacement information, wherein the timing is calculated as a first interval based on a determination that the received displacement information is within a determined range including the first threshold value and the second threshold value, and the timing is calculated as a second interval based on the determination that the received displacement information is outside the determined range.

8. The control method according to claim 7, wherein based on the determination that the received displacement information is greater than the determined range, the first set of instructions calculates the first displacement value for the displacement of the operation target to be greater than a displacement of the input apparatus.

9. The control method according to claim 7, wherein based on the determination that the received displacement information is less than the determined range, the second set of instructions calculates the second displacement value for the displacement of the operation target to be smaller than a displacement of the input apparatus.

10. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the feedback signal indicates the displacement of the operation target on the display.

11. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the timing is calculated based on the displacement value.

12. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the feedback signal causes the input apparatus to output at least one of a sound, a light, or a vibration.

13. A control apparatus, comprising:

a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus;

a processor; and

a memory device configured to store instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to;

receive displacement information and information of a pressure applied on the input apparatus from the input apparatus, wherein the received displacement information comprises a velocity of movement of the input apparatus;

transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at a timing based on the received displacement information, wherein

the feedback signal is transmitted at a first interval based on a determination that the velocity of the movement of the input apparatus is within a determined range,

the feedback signal is transmitted at a second interval shorter than the first interval based on the determination that the velocity of the movement of the input apparatus is higher than the determined range, and

the feedback signal is transmitted at a third interval longer than the first interval based on the determination that the velocity of the movement of the input apparatus is lower than the determined range; and

determine an action of an operation target on a display based on at least one of a position of the pressure applied on the input apparatus or an amount of pressure applied on the input apparatus.