INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, CONTROL TARGET DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20120249466A1
• Filed: 12/02/2010
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ito, Shin, Ohashi, Yoshinori, Yamada, Eiju
• Application Number:
  US13/516,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20120249466A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/50 Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control

Abstract

Provided is a remote commander including an input section which accepts input of operation information, a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal, a display section, an operation information acquisition section which acquires the operation information through the input section, a command notification section which creates a notification command based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section, and notifies the control target device of the created notification command through the communication section, an operation result acquisition section which acquires a result obtained by execution of processing performed by the control target device in accordance with the notification command, as an operation result from the control target device through the communication section, and a display control section which causes the display section to display the operation result acquired by the operation result acquisition section.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an input section which accepts input of operation information;

a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal;

a display section;

an operation information acquisition section which acquires the operation information through the input section;

a command notification section which creates a notification command based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section, and notifies the control target device of the created notification command through the communication section;

an operation result acquisition section which acquires a result obtained by execution of processing performed by the control target device in accordance with the notification command, as an operation result from the control target device through the communication section; and

a display control section which causes the display section to display the operation result acquired by the operation result acquisition section.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section is information indicating a movement operation, the command notification section notifies the control target device of a movement command including movement direction information indicating a direction specified by the movement operation, as the notification command.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the operation result acquisition section acquires a result obtained by execution of processing of moving a predetermined object performed by the control target device based on the movement direction information included in the movement command, as the operation result from the control target device through the communication section.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the operation result acquisition section acquires valid direction information, which indicates a direction in which the predetermined object can be further moved after execution of processing of moving the predetermined object performed by the control target device, as the operation result from the control target device through the communication section.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the input section is configured from a touch panel, and

wherein the operation information acquisition section acquires, as the movement operation, information indicating a drag operation or a flick operation performed by a user.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the command notification section approximates the direction specified by the movement operation to any one of one or a plurality of predetermined directions, and notifies the control target device of information indicating the approximated predetermined direction, the information being included in the movement command as the movement direction information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section is information indicating a movement start operation, the command notification section notifies the control target device of a movement start command including movement start direction information indicating a direction specified by the movement start operation, as the notification command, in a case where the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section is information indicating a movement continuation operation, the command notification section notifies the control target device of a movement continuation command as the notification command, and in a case where the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section is information indicating a movement end operation, the command notification section notifies the control target device of a movement end command as the notification command.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the operation result acquisition section acquires a result as the operation result from the control target device through the communication section, the result being obtained by starting processing of moving a predetermined object by the control target device in a direction indicated by the movement start direction information included in the movement start command, executing processing of continuously moving the predetermined object by the control target device in a direction indicated by the movement start direction information based on the movement continuation command, and terminating processing of moving the predetermined object by the control target device based on the movement end command.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the operation result acquisition section acquires, as the operation result from the control target device through the communication section, valid direction information indicating a direction in which the predetermined object can be further moved after execution of processing of continuously moving the predetermined object performed by the control target device.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the input section is configured from a touch panel, and

wherein the operation information acquisition section acquires, as the movement operation, information indicating a swipe operation performed by a user.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section is information indicating a decision operation, the command notification section notifies the control target device of a decision command as the notification command.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the input section is configured from a touch panel, and

wherein the operation information acquisition section acquires, as the decision operation, information indicating a tap operation performed by a user.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the operation result acquisition section acquires, as the operation result from the control target device through the communication section, information indicating whether predetermined processing, which is executed by the control target device based on the decision command, is performed normally.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control section causes the display section to further display the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section.

15. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus including an input section which accepts input of operation information, a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal, a display section, an operation information acquisition section, a command notification section, an operation result acquisition section, and a display control section, comprising:

a step of acquiring, by the operation information acquisition section, the operation information through the input section;

a step of creating, by the command notification section, a notification command based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section, and notifying, by the command notification section, the control target device of the created notification command through the communication section;

a step of acquiring, by the operation result acquisition section, a result obtained by execution of processing performed by the control target device in accordance with the notification command, as an operation result from the control target device through the communication section; and

a step of causing, by the display control section, the display section to display the operation result acquired by the operation result acquisition section.

16. A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus including

an input section which accepts input of operation information,

a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal,

a display section,

an operation information acquisition section which acquires the operation information through the input section,

a command notification section which creates a notification command based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section, and notifies the control target device of the created notification command through the communication section,

an operation result acquisition section which acquires a result obtained by execution of processing performed by the control target device in accordance with the notification command, as an operation result from the control target device through the communication section, and

a display control section which causes the display section to display the operation result acquired by the operation result acquisition section.

17. A control target device comprising:

a communication section which communicates with an information processing apparatus via a radio signal;

a command acquisition section which acquires a notification command from the information processing apparatus through the communication section;

a processing execution section which executes processing in accordance with the notification command acquired by the command acquisition section; and

an operation result notification section which notifies the information processing apparatus of a result obtained by execution of the processing performed by the processing execution section as the operation result through the communication section.

18. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing apparatus; and

a control target device,

wherein the information processing apparatus includes

an input section which accepts input of operation information,

a communication section which communicates with the control target device via a radio signal,

a display section,

an operation information acquisition section which acquires the operation information through the input section,

a command notification section which creates a notification command based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section, and notifies the control target device of the created notification command through the communication section,

an operation result acquisition section which acquires an operation result as a response to the notification command from the control target device through the communication section, and

a display control section which causes the display section to display the operation result acquired by the operation result acquisition section, and

wherein the control target device includes

a communication section which communicates with the information processing apparatus via the radio signal,

a command acquisition section which acquires the notification command from the information processing apparatus through the communication section,

a processing execution section which executes processing in accordance with the notification command acquired by the command acquisition section, and

an operation result notification section which notifies the information processing apparatus of a result obtained by execution of the processing performed by the processing execution section as the operation result through the communication section.