Operation method and control apparatus

• US 10,514,777 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2017
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• 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:
  US15/664,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20170329420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• 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 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 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 memory device configured to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor configured to;

receive, from the input apparatus, displacement information that corresponds to an angular velocity of the input apparatus;

generate a displacement value to displace an operation target on a display screen, wherein

the displacement value is generated based on the displacement information,

the displacement value is generated by execution of a first set of instructions of the plurality of instructions, the execution of the first set of instructions is based on the displacement information which is within a range, and

the displacement value is generated by execution of a second set of instructions of the plurality of instructions, the execution of the second set of instructions is based on the displacement information which is outside the range;

receive, from the input apparatus, pressure information that corresponds to a position at which a pressure is applied on the input apparatus;

determine a type of motion of the operation target based on the pressure information;

control display of the operation target based on the type of motion of the operation target and the displacement value;

determine a time interval based on the displacement value; and

transmit a feedback signal to the input apparatus at the time interval, wherein the feedback signal is configured to control the input apparatus to output at least one of a sound or a vibration.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is further configured to generate the displacement value based on the displacement information which is greater than the range, and

the execution of the second set of instructions is configured to generate a greater displacement value than the execution of the first set of instructions.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is further configured to generate the displacement value based on the displacement information which is less than the range, and

the execution of the second set of instructions is configured to generate a smaller displacement value than the execution of the first set of instructions.

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

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input apparatus outputs light based on the feedback signal.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the input apparatus, at least one magnetic value that is used to determine an absolute position of the input apparatus.

6. A control method, comprising:

in a control apparatus;

receiving, from an input apparatus, displacement information that corresponds to an angular velocity of the input apparatus;

generating, by a processor, a displacement value for displacing an operation target on a display screen, wherein

the displacement value is generated based on the displacement information,

the displacement value is generated by execution of a first set of instructions, the execution of the first set of instructions is based on the displacement information which is within a range, and

the displacement value is generated by execution of a second set of instructions, the execution of the second set of instructions is based on the displacement information which is outside the range;

receiving, from the input apparatus, pressure information that corresponds to a position at which a pressure is applied on the input apparatus;

determining a type of motion of the operation target based on the pressure information;

controlling display of the operation target based on the type of motion of the operation target and the displacement value;

determining a time interval based on the displacement value; and

transmitting a feedback signal to the input apparatus at the time interval, wherein the feedback signal is configured to control the input apparatus to output at least one of a sound or a vibration.

7. The control method according to claim 6, further comprising generating the displacement value based on the displacement information which is greater than the range,

wherein the execution of the second set of instructions is configured to generate a greater displacement value than the execution of the first set of instructions.

8. The control method according to claim 6, further comprising generating the displacement value based on the displacement information which is less than the range,

wherein the execution of the second set of instructions is configured to generate a smaller displacement value than the execution of the first set of instructions.

9. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the feedback signal indicates displacement of the operation target on the display screen.

10. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the input apparatus outputs light based on the feedback signal.