INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20150091824A1
• Filed: 07/19/2013
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hori, Takuro
• Application Number:
  US14/389,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20150091824A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information processing system that identifies a posture of the information processing system, and determines whether a user input is received at the operation surface based on the identified posture of the information processing system.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to

identify a posture of the information processing system; and

determine whether a user input is received at the operation surface based on the identified posture of the information processing system.

2. The information processing system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify a change in posture of the information processing system based on the identified posture; and

determine whether the user input is received at the operation surface based on the identified change in posture of the information processing system.

3. The information processing system of claim 2, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine the user input as a touch or approach by an operation member to the operation surface.

4. The information processing system of claim 2, wherein

the circuitry is configured increase a sensitivity for determining whether a user input is received at the operation surface as the identified change in posture of the information processing system increases.

5. The information processing system of claim 2, wherein

the circuitry is configured to modify a threshold for determining whether a user input is received operation surface based on the identified change in posture of the information processing system.

6. The information processing system of claim 5, wherein

the circuitry is configured to decrease the threshold for determining whether a user input is received at the operation surface as the identified change in posture of the information processing system increases.

7. The information processing system of claim 6, wherein

the threshold is associated with a distance for determining a user input as a drag input received at the operation surface based on the identified change in posture of the information processing system.

8. The information processing system of claim 6, wherein

the threshold is associated with a velocity for determining a user input received at the operation surface as a flick input based on the identified change in posture of the information processing system.

9. The information processing system of claim 6, wherein

the threshold is associated with a time for determining the user input received at the operation surface as a long press input based on the identified change in posture of the information processing system.

10. The information processing system of claim 6, wherein

the threshold is associated with a distance between an operation object approaching the operation surface and the operation surface for determining user input received at the operation surface as an approach input based on the identified change in posture of the information processing system.

11. The information processing system of claim 2, further comprising:

a sensor unit configured to detect a rotation angle of the information processing system around at least one of a first axis, a second axis and a third axis.

12. The information processing system of claim 11, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify the change in posture of the information processing system based on an output of the sensor unit.

13. The information processing system of claim 2, wherein

the circuitry is configured to set, as a reference posture, a posture of the information processing system when a user input to the operation surface is first detected.

14. The information processing system of claim 13, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify the change in posture of the information processing system as a difference between a currently detected posture of the information processing system and the reference posture.

15. The information processing system of claim 2, wherein

the circuitry is configured to set, as a reference posture, a posture of the information processing system when a user input to the operation surface has not been detected for more than a predetermined period of time.

16. The information processing system of claim 15, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify the change in posture of the information processing system as a difference between a currently detected posture of the information processing system and the reference posture.

17. The information processing system of claim 1, further comprising:

the operation surface.

18. The information processing system of claim 17, further comprising:

an image capturing unit configured to capture images of a subject; and

a display configured to display the images captured by the image capturing unit.

19. A method performed by an information processing system, the method comprising:

identifying, by circuitry of the information processing system, a posture of the information processing system; and

determining, by the circuitry, whether a user input is received at the operation surface based on the identified posture of the information processing system.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing system, cause the information processing system to:

identify a posture of the information processing system; and

determine whether a user input is received at an operation surface based on the identified posture of the information processing system.