Information processing device for processing information based on a status monitoring program and method therefor

• US 7,143,355 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2002
• Issued: 11/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro, Noguchi, Shinsuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, TING ZHOU
• Application Number:
  US10/085,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20020149621A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,736 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825, 340/826, 340/783, 340/902, 340/810, 340/157, 340/163, 715/733, 715/810, 709/203, 717/115
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033

Abstract

A jog dial server monitors an operation notification by a jog dial, then decides the operation based on the operation notification, and executes the decided operation as a jog script engine. The jog dial server loads a script file describing status transition of the jog dial in the script language at the time of start-up, then reads the status transition, and operates in accordance with the status transition thus read. Thus, an information processing device is provided which enables extension of the operation with respect to an application incompatible with the jog dial.

Claims

1. An information processing device for processing based on an input operation by a user using an input device for performing a first operation and a second operation, the information processing device comprising:

server means for monitoring an operation notification by the input device and determining and executing the operation based on the operation notification;

wherein the server means loads, at the time of start-up, a script file describing a status transition of the input device in the script language, the status transition based on hardware that can be supported by changing the script file and the status transition represents how each status shifts in a particular situation, and information relating to incompatible applications that are to be executed, reads the status transition corresponding to the operation of the input device, and executes the operation corresponding to the status transition; and

execution means for executing a status monitor program for monitoring a difference in quantities of a first counter and a second counter based on polling which indicates a status shift for a particular situation,

wherein said status shift corresponds to a first operation pulse and a second operation pulse calculated by the status monitor program.

2. The information processing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation corresponding to the status transition read from the script file loaded by the server means is a display related to a graphical user interface of the input device.

3. The information processing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the display related to the graphical user interface includes a first display status for displaying what processing the information processing device can currently carry out in accordance with the operation using the input device, and a second display status for displaying a list of items which can be executed on the information processing device in accordance with the operation of the input device.

4. The information processing device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first display status is a guide status for guiding the operation of an application program, and the second display status is a list view status for display a list of application programs to be selected.

5. The information processing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said first operation and said second operation are performed by rotating a dial.

6. An information processing method for information processing based on an input operation by a user using an input device for performing a first operation and a second operation, the method comprising:

a processing execution step of monitoring an operation notification by the input device and determining and executing the operation based on the operation notification;

wherein at the processing execution step, a script file describing a status transition of the input device in the script language is loaded at the time of start-up, the status transition based on hardware tat can be supported by changing the script file and the status transition represents how each status shifts in a particular situation, and information relating to incompatible applications that are to be executed, then the status transition corresponding to the operation of the input device is read, and the operation corresponding to the status transition is executed; and

an execution step for executing a status monitor program for monitoring a difference in quantities of a first counter and a second counter based on polling which indicates a status shift for a particular situation,

wherein said status shift corresponds to a first operation pulse and a second operation pulse calculated by the status monitor program.

7. A recording medium having an information processing program recorded thereon, the information processing program being adapted for information processing based on an input operation by a user using an input device for performing a first operation and a second operation, the information processing program comprising:

a processing execution step of monitoring an operation notification by the input device and determining and executing the operation based on the operation notification;

wherein at the processing execution step, a script file describing a status transition of the input device in the script language is loaded at the time of start-up, the status transition based on hardware that can be supported by changing the script file and the status transition represents how each status shifts in a particular situation, and information relating to incompatible applications that are to be executed, then the status transition corresponding to the operation of the input device is read, and the operation corresponding to the status transition is executed; and

an execution step for executing a status monitor program for monitoring a difference in quantities of a first counter and a second counter based on polling which indicates a status shift for a particular situation,

wherein said status shift corresponds to a first operation pulse and a second operation pulse calculated by the status monitor program.

8. A program recorded on a recoding medium related to information processing for information processing based on an input operation by a user using an input device for performing a first operation and a second operation, the program comprising:

a processing execution step of monitoring an operation notification by the input device and determining and executing the operation based on the operation notification;

wherein at the processing execution step, a script file describing a status transition of the input device in the script language is loaded at the time of start-up, the status transition based on hardware that can be supported by changing the script file and the status transition represents how each status shifts in a particular situation, and information relating to incompatible applications that are to be executed, then the status transition corresponding to the operation of the input device is read, and the operation corresponding to the status transition is executed; and

an executing step for executing a status monitor program for monitoring a difference in quantities of a first counter and a second counter based on polling which indicates a status shift for a particular situation,

wherein said status shift corresponds to a first operation pulse and a second operation pulse calculated by the status monitor program.