INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130120239A1
• Filed: 11/01/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Seiji, KASAHARA, Shunichi, KOGA, Yasuyuki, SHIGETA, Osamu, YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki
• Application Number:
  US13/666,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20130120239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including a display screen having flexibility; a deflection detection unit configured to detect deflection of the display screen; and a control unit configured to recognize a change in the deflection detected by the deflection detection unit as an on operation input and output a corresponding process command.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a display screen haying flexibility;

a deflection detection unit configured to detect deflection of the display screen; and

a control unit configured to recognize a change in the deflection detected by the deflection detection unit as an on operation input and output a corresponding process command.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs a process command according to a periodic change in an amount of the deflection detected by the deflection detection unit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit determines the corresponding process command by comparing a prestored pattern with the periodic change in the amount of the deflection.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs the process command according to a change in state between a pulled state and a deflected state of the display screen on the basis of a detection result obtained by the deflection detection unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs a process command for switching displayed content according to the change in the deflection.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs a process command for transmitting data on an object displayed on the display screen to a nearby communication terminal according to the change in the deflection.

7. A control method comprising:

detecting deflection of a display screen having flexibility; and

recognizing a change in the deflection detected in the deflection detection step as an on operation input and outputting a corresponding process command.

8. A program for causing a computer to execute the processes of

detecting deflection of a display screen having flexibility;

and

performing control of recognizing a change in the deflection detected in the deflection detection process as an on operation input and outputting a corresponding process command.

9. The program according to claim 8, wherein the controlling process includes outputting a process command according to a periodic change in an amount of the deflection detected in the deflection detection process.

10. The program according to claim 9, wherein the control process includes determining the corresponding process command by comparing a prestored pattern with the periodic change in the amount of the deflection.

11. The program according to claim 8, wherein the controlling process includes outputting the process command according to a change in state between a pulled state and a deflected state of the display screen on the basis of a detection result obtained by the deflection detection unit.

12. The program according to claim 8, wherein the controlling process includes outputting a process command for switching displayed content.

13. The program according to claim 8, wherein the controlling process includes outputting a process command for transmitting data on an object displayed on the display screen to a nearby communication terminal according to the change in the deflection.