Information Processing Device and Information Processing Method

• US 20110122078A1
• Filed: 11/12/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KASAHARA, Shunichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,681,111 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An device and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an information processing device includes a detection unit configured to detect a speed of selection of information. The information processing device also includes a generation unit configured to generate a signal specifying a display format, based on the speed of information selection, and a display unit configured to display the selection of information according to the signal.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising;

a detection unit configured to detect a speed of selection of information;

a generation unit configured to generate a signal specifying a display format, based on the speed; and

a display unit configured to display the selection of information according to the signal.

2. An information processing device of claim 1, wherein the display format comprises a size of a designated area.

3. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the information processing device further comprises:

a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit, the first sensor unit being configured to detect a first type of user activation, and the second sensor unit being configured to detect a second type of user activation.

4. The information processing device of claim 3, wherein:

the first type of user activation comprises a contact between an operational tool of a user and a surface of the first sensor unit; and

the second type of user activation comprises a contact pressure associated with a contact between the operational tool and a surface of the second sensor unit.

5. The information processing device of claim 4, wherein the operational tool comprises a human appendage.

6. The information processing device of claim 4, wherein the detection unit is further configured to:

receive a signal indicative of the first type of user activation from the first sensor unit; and

identify a contact position associated with the first type of user activation, based on at least the received signal.

7. The information processing device of claim 6, wherein the signal specifying the display format is configured to cause the display unit to designate an initial portion of the displayed information.

8. The information processing device of claim 7, wherein the detection unit is further configured to:

detect a movement of the contact position; and

detect the speed of selection of information based on the detected movement.

9. The information processing unit of claim 8, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

determine that the speed of selection of information fails to exceed a threshold value.

10. The information processing unit of claim 9, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

generate a successive signal configured to cause the display unit to designate a successive portion of the displayed information, the successive portion having a first unit size.

11. The information processing unit of claim 9, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

generate a successive signal configured to cause the display unit to extend a dimension of the initial portion of the displayed information, the extension being based on the speed of selection of information.

12. The information processing unit of claim 9, wherein:

the initial portion of the displayed information comprises an identifier representative of additional information; and

the generation unit is further configured to;

generate a successive signal configured to cause the display unit to replace the displayed identifier with the additional information.

13. The information processing unit of claim 9, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

generate a successive signal configured to cause the display unit to designate a successive portion of the displayed information, the successive portion having a unit size smaller than a corresponding unit size of the initial portion.

14. The information processing unit of claim 8, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

determine that the speed of selection of information exceeds a threshold value.

15. The information processing unit of claim 14, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

generate a successive signal configured to cause the display unit to designate a successive portion of the displayed information, the successive portion having a second unit size.

16. The information processing unit of claim 15, wherein:

the display format comprises a multi-dimensional array; and

the successive portion comprises a row or a column of the displayed information.

17. The information processing unit of claim 14, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

generate a successive signal configured to cause the display unit to replace a portion of the displayed information with an identifier representative of the portion of the displayed information.

18. The information processing unit of claim 14, wherein:

generate a successive signal to cause the display unit to designate a successive portion of the displayed information, the successive portion having a unit size larger than a corresponding unit size of the initial portion.

19. The information processing device of claim 8, wherein:

the detection unit is further configured to determine a trajectory of the detected movement; and

the generation unit is further configured to generate a successive signal configured to cause the display unit to display an indication of the trajectory.

20. The information processing unit of claim 4, wherein the detection unit is further configured to:

receive, from the second sensor unit, a signal indicative of the contact pressure.

21. The information processing unit of claim 20, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

generate, based on at least the contact pressure, a signal indicative of a user selection of a portion of the displayed information.

22. The information processing device of claim 20, wherein the generation unit is further configured to:

generate a signal configured to cause the display unit to designate a portion of the displayed information, based on the contact pressure.

23. A computer-implemented method for processing information, the method comprising the steps, performed by a processor, of:

detecting a speed of selection of information;

generating a signal specifying a display format, based on the speed; and

displaying the selection of information according to the signal.