Information processing apparatus and input control method

• US 9,792,016 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCNT LLC
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sakurai, Yoko
• Primary Examiner(s): Long, Andrea
• Application Number:
  US14/250,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20140351754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display unit displays an object. A detection unit detects a touch operation on the display unit. A change unit widens a display space of the object while keeping a display size of the object when range selection of the object displayed on the display unit is performed through the touch operation.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays objects;

a detection unit that detects a touch operation on the display unit; and

a change unit that widens, when range selection within the objects displayed on the display unit through a touch operation is started, a display space between the objects from an object that is positioned a predetermined length before a start position designated by the range selection with keeping a display size of each of the objects unchanged from the display size in which each of the objects is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended, wherein when selection of the start position or an end position for the range selection is repeated, the change unit widens the display space between the objects according to a number of repetitions.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit displays a text as the objects, and

the change unit widens a display space between each character of the text with keeping a display size of a character of the text unchanged from the display size in which the character is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the change unit widens the display space between each word of the text.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the change unit widens a display space between each line of the text.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit displays icons or thumbnails as the objects, and

the change unit widens a display space between the icons or the thumbnails with keeping a display size of the icons or the thumbnails unchanged from the display size in which the icons or the thumbnails are displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the change unit widens the display space when a value of the display space between the objects displayed on the display unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit that stores a set value of the display space changed by the change unit,

wherein the change unit changes the display space between the objects to the set value of the display space stored in the storage unit.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an input control program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

displaying objects on a display unit

widening, when range selection within the objects displayed on the display unit through a touch operation is started, a display space between the objects from an object that is positioned a predetermined length before a start position designated by the range selection with keeping a display size of each of the objects unchanged from the display size in which each of the objects is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended, and widening, when selection of the start position or an end position for the range selection is repeated, the display space between the objects according to a number of repetitions.

9. An input control method comprising:

displaying objects on a display unit

widening, when range selection within the objects displayed on the display unit through a touch operation is started, a display space between the objects from an object that is positioned a predetermined length before a start position designated by the range selection with keeping a display size of each of the objects unchanged from the display size in which each of the objects is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended, and widening, when selection of the start position or an end position for the range selection is repeated, the display space between the objects according to a number of repetitions.