INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An information processing device comprising:
- a touch operation detection unit operable to detect a touch operation made on a body of the information processing device;
a touchless operation detection unit operable to detect a sign made by part of a user'"'"'s body, as a touchless operation made with no touch on the body of the information processing device;
a switch detection unit operable to detect a switch operation for switching an input mode from a first input mode to a second input mode, the switch operation being made with a touch on the body of the information processing device, the first input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected by the touchless operation detection unit, and the second input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touch operation detected by the touch operation detection unit;
a processing unit operable to perform processing in accordance with an instruction; and
a control unit operable, in the first input mode,to receive, as an input, a touchless operation detected by the touchless operation detection unit, and issue a first instruction to the processing unit to start processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation, andif the switch detection unit detects a switch operation within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, to issue a second instruction to the processing unit to set an output status obtained as a result of the processing started by the processing unit in accordance with the first instruction to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing.
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Abstract
An information processing device, while in a first input mode for receiving a touchless operation as an input, receives a touchless operation as an input, and starts processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation. If the information processing device detects a switch operation, which is made with a touch on the information processing device for switching from the first input mode to a second input mode that is a mode for receiving a touch operation as an input, within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, the information processing device sets an output status obtained as a result of the started processing to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing.
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14 Claims
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1. An information processing device comprising:
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a touch operation detection unit operable to detect a touch operation made on a body of the information processing device; a touchless operation detection unit operable to detect a sign made by part of a user'"'"'s body, as a touchless operation made with no touch on the body of the information processing device; a switch detection unit operable to detect a switch operation for switching an input mode from a first input mode to a second input mode, the switch operation being made with a touch on the body of the information processing device, the first input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected by the touchless operation detection unit, and the second input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touch operation detected by the touch operation detection unit; a processing unit operable to perform processing in accordance with an instruction; and a control unit operable, in the first input mode, to receive, as an input, a touchless operation detected by the touchless operation detection unit, and issue a first instruction to the processing unit to start processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation, and if the switch detection unit detects a switch operation within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, to issue a second instruction to the processing unit to set an output status obtained as a result of the processing started by the processing unit in accordance with the first instruction to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information processing device comprising:
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a touch operation detection unit operable to detect a touch operation made on a body of the information processing device; a touchless operation detection unit operable to detect a sign made by part of a user'"'"'s body, as a touchless operation made with no touch on the body of the information processing device; a switch detection unit operable to detect a switch operation for switching an input mode from a first input mode to a second input mode, the switch operation being made with a touch on the body of the information processing device, the first input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected by the touchless operation detection unit, and the second input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touch operation detected by the touch operation detection unit; a processing unit operable to perform processing in accordance with an instruction; and a control unit operable, in the first input mode, to receive, as an input, a touchless operation detected by the touchless operation detection unit, if the switch detection unit does not detect a switch operation within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, to issue an instruction to the processing unit to start processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation, and if the switch detection unit detects a switch operation within the predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, not to issue the instruction to the processing unit to start the processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation.
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12. A processing control method for use in an information processing device that performs processing that corresponds to an input, the processing control method comprising:
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a touch operation detection step of detecting a touch operation made on a body of the information processing device; a touchless operation detection step of detecting a sign made by part of a user'"'"'s body, as a touchless operation made with no touch on the body of the information processing device; a switch detection step of detecting a switch operation for switching an input mode from a first input mode to a second input mode, the switch operation being made with a touch on the body of the information processing device, the first input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected in the touchless operation detection step, and the second input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touch operation detected in the touch operation detection step; a first control step of, in the first input mode, receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected in the touchless operation detection step, and starting processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation; and a second control step of, if the switch detection step detects a switch operation within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, setting an output status obtained as a result of the processing started in the first control step to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing.
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13. A program for causing a processor included in an information processing device to perform control processing, the information processing device performing processing that corresponds to an input, the control processing comprising:
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a touch operation detection step of detecting a touch operation made on a body of the information processing device; a touchless operation detection step of detecting a sign made by part of a user'"'"'s body, as a touchless operation made with no touch on the body of the information processing device; a switch detection step of detecting a switch operation for switching an input mode from a first input mode to a second input mode, the switch operation being made with a touch on the body of the information processing device, the first input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected in the touchless operation detection step, and the second input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touch operation detected in the touch operation detection step; a first control step of, in the first input mode, receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected in the touchless operation detection step, and starting processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation; and a second control step of, if the switch detection step detects a switch operation within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, setting an output status obtained as a result of the processing started in the first control step to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing.
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14. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded therein a program for causing a computer included in an information processing device to perform control processing, the information processing device performing processing that corresponds to an input, the control processing comprising:
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a touch operation detection step of detecting a touch operation made on a body of the information processing device; a touchless operation detection step of detecting a sign made by part of a user'"'"'s body, as a touchless operation made with no touch on the body of the information processing device; a switch detection step of detecting a switch operation for switching an input mode from a first input mode to a second input mode, the switch operation being made with a touch on the body of the information processing device, the first input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected in the touchless operation detection step, and the second input mode being for receiving, as an input, a touch operation detected in the touch operation detection step; a first control step of, in the first input mode, receiving, as an input, a touchless operation detected in the touchless operation detection step, and starting processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation; and a second control step of, if the switch detection step detects a switch operation within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, setting an output status obtained as a result of the processing started in the first control step to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing.
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Specification