Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing program for using a cursor

• US 10,747,417 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2015
• Issued: 08/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LY Corp. (A Holdings Corp.), Z Intermediate Global Corporation
• Original Assignee: LINE Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Reiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Tank, Andrew L
• Application Number:
  US14/827,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20150355809A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,828 Days
• 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 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: an operation section; and a control section adapted to cause, when dragging is carried out through the operation section, a cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and execute, where a direction from one end portion of the cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to the other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the cursor, a process corresponding to the direction of the cursor for information displayed on the display section; the control section changing the information to be displayed on the display section when the other end portion of the cursor enters a predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one memory configured to store computer readable instructions;

an input interface; and

a processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to

cause, when dragging is carried out through the input interface, a cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and execute, where a direction from one end portion of the cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to an other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the cursor, a process corresponding to the direction of the cursor for information displayed on the display section,

execute a first process including changing the information to be displayed on the display section based on the other end portion of the cursor entering a predetermined region set on the display section during the dragging, and

execute a second process corresponding to the direction and a length of the cursor for the information displayed on the display section, a degree to which the process is executed being based on the length of the cursor based on the other end portion of the cursor being outside of the predetermined region during the dragging,

wherein the second process corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor is at least one of

a process of reproducing a dynamic image at a reproduction speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor, or

a process of changing of a zoom ratio at a speed of changing of the zoom ratio corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor, and

wherein displaying of the information by the second process is different than the changing of the information by the first process.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to

cause, from between first hierarchy information of a first hierarchy and second hierarchy information of a second hierarchy which is a higher hierarchy with respect to the first hierarchy, the first hierarchy information to be displayed on the display section, but

change, when the other end portion of the cursor enters the predetermined region set on the display section during the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to return, if, after the information to be displayed on the display section is changed from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, the dragging is continued until the length of the cursor becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the information to be displayed on the display section from the second hierarchy information to the first hierarchy information.

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

the first hierarchy information is a dynamic image while the second hierarchy information is an extracted image list configured from images extracted from the dynamic image, and

the processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to

cause the dynamic image to be displayed on the display section,

execute the first process including changing, based on the other end portion of the cursor entering the predetermined region set on the display section by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the dynamic image to the extracted image list,

execute, when the dynamic image is displayed on the display section, the second process including reproducing the dynamic image at a reproduction speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor based on the cursor being outside of the predetermined region during the dragging, and

execute, when the extracted image list is displayed on the display section, a third process of scrolling the extracted image list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first hierarchy information is a track list configured from titles of tunes while the second hierarchy information is an album list configured from albums in which the tunes are collected, and

the processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to

cause the track list to be displayed on the display section,

change, based on the other end portion of the cursor entering the predetermined region set on the display section by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the track list to the album list,

execute, when the track list is displayed on the display section, the first process by scrolling the track list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor, and

execute, when the album list is displayed on the display section, the first process by scrolling the album list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to erase, when the dragging comes to an end, the display of the cursor and returns the information to be displayed on the display section to the first hierarchy information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to change, when the information to be displayed on the display section is changed from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information and then the dragging is continued until the other end portion of the cursor goes out of the predetermined region and then enters the predetermined region again, the information to be displayed on the display section from the second hierarchy information to third hierarchy information of a third hierarchy which is a higher hierarchy with respect to the second hierarchy.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the region is set to an end portion of the display section.

9. An Information processing method, comprising:

causing, by a processor, when dragging is carried out through an input interface, a cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and executing, where a direction from one end portion of the cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to an other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the cursor, a first process corresponding to the direction of the cursor for information displayed on the display section;

executing, by the processor, a first process involving changing the information to be displayed on the display section based on the other end portion of the cursor entering a predetermined region set on the display section during the dragging; and

executing a second process corresponding to the direction and a length of the cursor for the information displayed on the display section based on the other end portion of the cursor being outside of the predetermined region during the dragging, a degree to which the second process is executed being based on the length of the cursor,

wherein the second process corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor is at least one of

a process of reproducing a dynamic image at a reproduction speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor, or

a process of changing of a zoom ratio at a speed of changing of the zoom ratio corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor, and

wherein displaying of the information by the second process is different than the changing of the information by the first process.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

cause, when dragging is carried out through an input interface, a cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and executing, where a direction from one end portion of the cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to an other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the cursor, a process corresponding to the direction of the cursor for information displayed on the display section;

executing a first process involving changing the information to be displayed on the display section based upon the other end portion of the cursor entering a predetermined region set on the display section during the dragging; and

executing a second process corresponding to the direction and a length of the cursor for the information displayed on the display section based upon the other end portion of the cursor being outside of the predetermined region during the dragging, a degree to which the process is executed being based on the length of the cursor,

wherein the second process corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor is at least one of

a process of reproducing a dynamic image at a reproduction speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor, or

a process of changing of a zoom ratio at a speed of changing of the zoom ratio corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor, and

wherein displaying of the information by the second process is different than the changing of the information by the first process.

11. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one memory configured to store computer readable instructions;

an input interface; and

a processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to

cause, when dragging is carried out through the input interface, a cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and execute, where a direction from one end portion of the cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to an other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the cursor, a process corresponding to the direction of the cursor for information displayed on the display section,

execute a process corresponding to the direction and a length of the cursor for the information displayed on the display section, a degree to which the process is executed being based on the length of the cursor,

cause, from between first hierarchy information of a first hierarchy and second hierarchy information of a second hierarchy which is a higher hierarchy with respect to the first hierarchy, the first hierarchy information to be displayed on the display section,

change, when the other end portion of the cursor enters a predetermined region set on the display section by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, and

return, if, after the information to be displayed on the display section is changed from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, the dragging is continued until the length of the cursor becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the information to be displayed on the display section from the second hierarchy information to the first hierarchy information,

wherein the process corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor is at least one of

a process of scrolling at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor, or

a process of changing a parameter of the information processing apparatus at a speed of parameter change corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 11 wherein,

the process corresponding to the direction and length of the cursor is the process of scrolling at the scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor, and

the process of scrolling at the scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor is at least one of,

a process of scrolling an extracted image list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor,

a process of scrolling a track list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor, or

a process of scrolling an album list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the cursor.