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

• US 20120056832A1
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: MIYAZAKI, Reiko, Komori, Akihiro, Kano, Ritsuko, Ohki, Yoshihito
• Granted Patent: US 8,947,375 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An information processing device including an operation unit in which an operation input is possible by a touch operation on an operating surface; and a control unit that executes processing corresponding to an operation input performed via the operation unit, wherein the control unit causes, if an area of a portion that is in contact with the operating surface accompanying a touch operation is obtained and a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, restoration information for later restoring the display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored in a memory unit, and display contents of a screen are restored, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, based on the restoration information recorded in the memory unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an operation unit in which an operation input is possible by a touch operation on an operating surface; and

a control unit that executes processing corresponding to an operation input performed via the operation unit,

wherein the control unit causes, if an area of a portion that is in contact with the operating surface accompanying a touch operation is obtained and a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, restoration information for later restoring display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored in a memory unit, and display contents of a screen are restored, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, based on the restoration information recorded in the memory unit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit causes, if a drag of equal to or greater than a predetermined length is performed in a predetermined direction in a state in which an area of the portion that is in contact is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, restoration information for later restoring display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit on a screen to be stored in a memory unit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the control unit obtains information for restoring display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit in a state in which the same operation as the current operation is possible, and causes the information to be stored in a memory unit as the restoration information.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit further causes a screen capture image obtained by capturing a screen that is currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored as the restoration information in a memory unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein in a case when the screen is a document display screen, the control unit obtains, as information for restoring display contents of a document display screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit in a state in which the same operation as the current operation is possible, at least identification information of a document that is currently being displayed and display range information that indicates a range, out of a document, that is currently being displayed, to be stored as the restoration information.

6. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein in a case when the screen is a movie reproduction screen or a music reproduction screen, the control unit obtains, as information for restoring display contents of a movie reproduction screen or a music reproduction screen that are currently being reproduced on a display unit in a state in which the same operation as the current operation is possible, at least identification information of a movie or identification information of sounds that are currently being reproduced and reproduction position information of a movie or reproduction position information of music that is currently being reproduced, to be stored as the restoration information.

7. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein in a case when the screen is a still image display screen, the control unit obtains, as information for restoring display contents of a still image display screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit in a state in which the same operation as the current operation is possible, at least identification information of a still image that is currently being displayed and zoom information of a still image, to be stored as the restoration information.

8. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein in a case when the screen is a web browser screen, the control unit obtains, as information for restoring display contents of a web browser screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit in a state in which the same operation as the current operation is possible, at least an address of a webpage that is currently being displayed and display range information that indicates a range, out of a webpage, that is currently being displayed, to be stored as the restoration information.

9. The information processing device according to claim 4,

wherein the control unit determines, when there is one portion that is in contact with the operating surface and an area of the portion that is in contact is equal to or greater than an area that is equivalent to one finger and less than an area that is equivalent to two fingers, that a touch operation with one finger has been performed, and determines, when there are two portions that are in contact with the operating surface and an area of each portion that is in contact is equal to or greater than an area that is equivalent to one finger, or there is one portion that is in contact with the operation surface and an area of the portion that is in contact is equal to or greater than an area that is equivalent to two fingers, that a touch operation with two fingers has been performed,

and while only a screen capture image obtained by capturing a screen that is currently being displayed on a display unit is caused to be stored as the restoration information in a memory unit in a case when it is determined that a touch operation with one finger has been performed, information for restoring display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit in a state in which the same operation as the current operation is possible is caused to be stored along with the screen capture image as the restoration information in a memory unit in a case when it is determined that a touch operation with two fingers has been performed.

10. The information processing device according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit causes a screen capture image obtained by capturing a screen that is currently being displayed to be displayed on a screen when a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, and once a predetermined amount of time has passed, causes a thumbnail capture image obtained by making a thumbnail of the screen capture image to be pasted to a tray displayed on a screen, and a capture icon obtained by making the thumbnail capture image an icon is caused to be pasted, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, to a predetermined screen and the restoration information is caused to correspond with the capture icon and be stored in a memory unit.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10,

wherein the control unit reads, when the capture icon is selected by an operation input performed via the operation unit, the restoration information made to correspond with the capture icon from the memory unit, and restores display contents of a screen based on the restoration information.

12. An information processing method,

wherein a control unit causes, when an area of a portion that is in contact accompanying a touch operation on an operating surface of an operation unit with the operating surface is obtained and a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, restoration information for later restoring display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored in a memory unit, and restores, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, display contents of a screen based on the restoration information stored in the memory unit.

13. An information processing program that causes an information processing device to execute processing in which a control unit causes, when an area of a portion that is in contact accompanying a touch operation on an operating surface of an operation unit with the operating surface is obtained and a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, restoration information for later restoring display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored in a memory unit, and restores, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, display contents of a screen based on the restoration information stored in the memory unit.