INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20100013780A1
• Filed: 06/19/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Li, Dan, Mugura, Kazuto, IKEDA, Takuo, Akagawa, Satoshi, Asai, Satoshi, Kitao, Takashi, Nishimura, Makoto
• Granted Patent: US 9,411,503 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information processing device includes: a main unit to be held; a display unit provided on the main unit such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face thereof, to display information on the information display screen; a touch position detection unit to detect a touch position on the information display screen, and generate touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates based on two axes intersecting at the detected touch position; and a control unit to display predetermined information on the information display screen, in the event of detecting that the touch position on the information display screen is being continually displaced from within a predetermined region on the information display screen in a predetermined first diagonal direction as to two directions following the two axes, based on the touch position detection data generated by the touch position detection unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a main unit configured to be held;

a display unit provided on said main unit such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face of said main unit, said display unit configured to display information on said information display screen;

a touch position detection unit configured to detect a touch position on said information display screen of said display unit, and generate touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates based on two axes intersecting at said detected touch position; and

a control unit configured to display predetermined information on said information display screen of said display unit, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within a predetermined region on said information display screen in a predetermined first diagonal direction as to two directions following said two axes, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit, said control unit displays said predetermined information on said predetermined region on said information display screen.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit, said control unit displays display indicators indicating items of a processing menu which can be executed, as said predetermined information on said predetermined region on said information display screen.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit, said control unit displays display indicators so as to be moved in said first diagonal direction from the side of said predetermined region on said information display screen of said display unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit,

said control unit detects whether or not said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen at a comparative reference speed or faster,

and in the event of detecting that said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen at a comparative reference speed or faster, displays said display indicators being moved in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at a final display position,

and in the event of detecting that said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen at a comparative reference speed or faster, displays said display indicators so as to be moved in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at a speed following that of the displacement of said touch position.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit, and said control unit detecting that said touch position is being displaced in said first diagonal direction from within said predetermined region at the edge of said information display screen and accordingly displaying said display indicators at said final display position,

and subsequently in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced in a second diagonal direction diagonal to said two direction following said two axes and opposite to said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit, said control unit moves said display indicators at said final display position within said information display screen of said display unit, to said predetermined region side of said information display screen so as to be removed.

7. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit,

said control unit displays one or a plurality of said display indicators on the course of displacement of said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit,

said control unit displays one or a plurality of said display indicators on said information display screen of said display unit, at a size corresponding to the length of the course of displacement of said touch position.

9. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit,

said control unit displays one or a plurality of said display indicators within a fan-shaped region specified by the course of displacement of said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit,

said control unit displays one or a plurality of said display indicators on said information display screen of said display unit, at a size corresponding to the area of said display region.

11. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region on said information display screen in said first diagonal direction, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit, while sequentially switching and displaying said plurality of information generated hierarchically on said information display screen of said display unit,

said control unit displays, on said information display screen of said display unit, said predetermined information corresponding to the hierarchical level of said information displayed on said information display screen of said display unit at the time of said detection.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein, in the event of temporarily detecting said touch position within said predetermined region on said information display screen of said display unit, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit,

said control unit executes processing corresponding to temporary detection of said touch position within said predetermined region.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12, wherein, in the event of temporarily detecting said touch position within said predetermined region on said information display screen of said display unit, based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit,

said control unit displays, instead of said predetermined information displayed on said information display screen of said display unit at the time of temporarily detecting said touch position within said predetermined region, information of a higher hierarchical level than that of said predetermined information.

14. The information processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a dominant hand detecting unit configured to detect a dominant hand; and

a changing unit configured to

change the position of said predetermined region within said information display screen of said display unit, in accordance with said dominant hand detected by said dominant hand detecting unit, and

re-stipulate said first diagonal direction.

15. The information processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an orientation detecting unit configured to detect a holding orientation of said main unit; and

a changing unit configured to

change the position of said predetermined region within said information display screen of said display unit, in accordance with said holding orientation detected by said holding orientation detecting unit, and

re-stipulate said first diagonal direction.

16. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein in a state that said main unit is being held in such a state that the portion of the palm of the hand that is at the base of the thumb is pressed against one side face of the main unit and the palm of the hand cradles the back face of the main unit such that the fingers other than the thumb are pressed against the other side face of the main unit, in the event of detecting that said touch position based on said touch position detection data generated by said touch position detection unit is being continually displaced from within said predetermined region provided in a corner of said information display screen of said display unit at the side where the little finger of said hand holding said main unit is situated, which is said edge thereof,

said control unit displays said display indicators on said information display screen of said display unit.

17. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

detecting of a touch position on a display unit provided on a main unit configured to be held such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face of said main unit, and generating of touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates based on two axes intersecting at said detected touch position; and

displaying of predetermined information on said information display screen of said display unit, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within a predetermined region on said information display screen in a predetermined first diagonal direction as to two directions following said two axes, based on said generated touch position detection data.

18. An information processing program, configured to cause an information processing device to execute the steps of:

detecting of a touch position on a display unit provided on a main unit configured to be held such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face of said main unit, and generating of touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates based on two axes intersecting at said detected touch position; and

displaying of predetermined information on said information display screen of said display unit, in the event of detecting that said touch position on said information display screen of said display unit is being continually displaced from within a predetermined region on said information display screen in a predetermined first diagonal direction as to two directions following said two axes, based on said generated touch position detection data.