Information processing device, information processing method, and program

• US 9,952,754 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2013
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Noda, Takuro, Okumura, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dasgupta, Shourjo
• Application Number:
  US14/046,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20140033100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,663 Days
• Field of Search: 715769
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/40 with delayed or timed action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/414 Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including an imaging section configured to image an object, a display section configured to display at least an icon for controlling the imaging section, an operation section configured to acquire a first operation and a second operation on the icon, and a controller configured to, when the operation section has acquired the first operation, set a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and change a display of the icon on the display section in accordance with a progress of the timer, and to, when the operation section has acquired the second operation or when the timer has expired, cause the imaging section to image the object.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a display configured to display an object to be imaged together with at least an icon for controlling an imaging section; and

circuitry configured to

acquire a first operation and a second operation, wherein the first operation is a drag made in relation to the displayed icon,

set a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation, wherein the operation amount is represented by a distance of the drag,

control the display to change a display position of the icon to indicate a progress of the timer, and

control the imaging section to image the object based on the second operation or based on expiration of the timer, depending upon which one of the acquisition of the second operation or the expiration of the timer occurs first in time,

wherein a remaining time of the timer is displayed within an area of the icon.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to change the display position of the icon on the display along a direction of the first operation in accordance with the progress of the timer.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the display position of the icon indicates a remaining time of the timer.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to initiate a displaying of a region on the display, in which the display position of the icon is changeable.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the display is a touch screen.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device comprises at least one of personal computer (PC), cell phone, digital camera, and television (TV).

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the imaging section is arranged in a same surface with the display.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the display to display time information in accordance with the operation amount of the first operation.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the circuitry is further configured to change the time information based on the progress of the timer.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the drag moves the displayed icon to set the timer in accordance with the distance of the drag, and

wherein, as a countdown of the timer progresses, the displayed icon returns towards an initial display position that corresponds to a position at a timing when the drag is initiated.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second operation is made by a tapping or pressing of a shutter button.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the remaining time is displayed within the icon as an integer number of seconds.

13. An information processing method comprising:

displaying on a display an object to be imaged together with at least an icon for controlling an imaging section;

acquiring a first operation and a second operation, wherein the first operation is a drag made in relation to the displayed icon;

setting a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation, wherein the operation amount is represented by a distance of the drag;

controlling the display to change a display position of the icon to indicate a progress of the timer; and

controlling the imaging section to image the object based on the second operation or based on expiration of the timer, depending upon which one of the acquisition of the second operation or the expiration of the timer occurs first in time,

wherein a remaining time of the timer is displayed within an area of the icon.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13, further comprising changing the display position of the icon on the display along a direction of the first operation in accordance with the progress of the timer.

15. The information processing method according to claim 14, wherein the display position of the icon indicates a remaining time of the timer.

16. The information processing method according to claim 14, further comprising displaying a region on the display, in which the display position of the icon is changeable.

17. The information processing method according to claim 13, further comprising controlling the display to display time information in accordance with the operation amount of the first operation.

18. The information processing method according to claim 17, wherein the time information is changed based on the progress of the timer.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an information processing method, the method comprising:

displaying on a display an object to be imaged together with at least an icon for controlling an imaging section;

acquiring a first operation and a second operation, wherein the first operation is a drag made in relation to the displayed icon;

setting a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation, wherein the operation amount is represented by a distance of the drag;

controlling the display to change a display position of the icon to indicate a progress of the timer; and

controlling the imaging section to image the object based on the second operation or based on expiration of the timer, depending upon which one of the acquisition of the second operation or the expiration of the timer occurs first in time,

wherein a remaining time of the timer is displayed within an area of the icon.