Object processing device, object processing method, and object processing program

• US 9,383,906 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2013
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kirkpatrick, Eric, Ogai, Takia
• Primary Examiner(s): SHENG, TOM V
• Application Number:
  US14/371,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20140375585A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

An object processing device includes a selection accepting unit that accepts selection of one or more objects among a plurality of displayed objects, a detection unit that detects instruction input for processing on objects, and an execution unit that executes processing on non-selected objects. It is thereby possible to easily set many objects as objects to be processed. Further, because processing on objects is executed by instruction input different from selection of objects, such as selection of objects displayed on a display unit, it is possible to reduce work for specified processing on objects to be processed.

Claims

1. An object processing device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image containing a plurality of objects;

an input unit configured to detect input from a user indicating a position on the display unit and formed integrally with the display unit;

a selection receiving unit configured to receive selection input of one or more objects displayed on the display unit based on input detected by the input unit;

at least one memory operable to store program code; and

at least one processor operable to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code comprising;

detection code that causes the at least one processor to detect instruction input different from selection input of objects by the selection receiving unit; and

execution code that causes the at least one processor to, when instruction input detected by the detection code is a specified instruction input, execute specified processing corresponding to the specified instruction input only on non-selected objects being objects other than the object of which selection input is performed by the user among the plurality of objects displayed by the display unit.

2. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect an event including a direction parameter with respect to a state of the object processing device, and detect an event having a specified direction parameter as the instruction input.

3. The object processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect a detected value from a gyro sensor included in the object processing device, and detect a specified detected value as the instruction input.

4. The object processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect a detected value from an acceleration sensor included in the object processing device, and detect a specified detected value as the instruction input.

5. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect an event including direction and size parameters with respect to a state of the object processing device, and detect an event having specified direction and size parameters as the instruction input.

6. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect a time period when a specified operation is performed on the object processing device, and detect a specified operating time period related to the operation as the instruction input.

7. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect a user'"'"'s voice, and detect a specified keyword included in the voice as the instruction input.

8. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect specified input by a user detected by the input unit as the instruction input.

9. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein the specified processing corresponding to the specified instruction input comprises one among processing of randomly changing positions of the non-selected objects on the display unit, processing of deleting the non-selected objects, and processing of moving the non-selected objects to another page different from a page where the non-selected objects are displayed.

10. The object processing device according to claims 1, wherein

the execution code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to execute first processing on the non-selected objects and execute second processing different from the first processing on selected objects being objects selected by the selection receiving unit.

11. The object processing device according to claim 10, wherein the specified processing corresponding to the specified instruction input comprises one among processing of randomly changing positions of the objects to be processed on the display unit, processing of deleting the objects to be processed, and processing of moving the objects to be processed to another page different from a page where the objects are displayed.

12. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect first instruction input and second instruction input different from the first instruction input as instruction input for processing on objects, and

the execution code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to execute, when the first instruction input is detected by the detection unit, first processing on the non-selected objects, and execute, when the second instruction input is detected by the detection unit, second processing different from the first processing on selected objects being objects selected by the selection accepting unit.

13. The object processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the program code further comprises calculation code to calculate an inter-object distance indicating a degree of similarity of attributes for each pair of objects based on a degree of similarity between each pair of objects,

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect instruction input with an input value of a certain level as instruction input for processing on objects, and

the execution code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to execute specified processing on a non-selected object where the inter-object distance from a selected object being an object selected by the selection accepting unit corresponds to an inter-object distance associated in advance with the input value accompanying the instruction input.

16. The object processing device according to claim 11, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect a time period when a specified operation is performed on the object processing device, determine the detected operation as the first instruction input when the detected operating time period corresponds to a preset first time range, and determine the detected operation as the second instruction input when the detected operating time period corresponds to a preset second time range.

14. An object processing device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image containing a plurality of objects;

an input unit configured to detect input from a user indicating a position on the display unit and formed integrally with the display unit;

a selection receiving unit configured to receive selection input of one or more objects displayed on the display unit based on input detected by the input unit;

at least one memory operable to store program code; and

at least one processor operable to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code comprising;

detection code that causes the at least one processor to detect instruction input different from selection input of objects by the selection receiving unit; and

execution code that causes the at least one processor to, when instruction input detected by the detection code is a specified instruction input, execute specified processing corresponding to the specified instruction input only on non-selected objects being objects other than the object of which selection input is performed by the user among the plurality of objects displayed by the display unit, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect first instruction input and second instruction input different from the first instruction input as instruction input for processing on objects, and

the execution code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to execute, when the first instruction input is detected by the detection unit, first processing on the non-selected objects, and execute, when the second instruction input is detected by the detection unit, second processing different from the first processing on the non-selected objects.

15. The object processing device according to claim 14, wherein

the detection code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to detect an event including a direction parameter with respect to a state of the object processing device, detect an event having a first direction parameter as the first instruction input, and detect an event having a second direction parameter different from the first direction as the second instruction input.

17. An object processing method performed by an object processing device including a display unit configured to display an image containing a plurality of objects, an input unit configured to be able to detect input from a user indicating a position on the display unit and formed integrally with the display unit, and a selection receiving unit configured to receive selection input of one or more objects displayed on the display unit based on input detected by the input unit, the method comprising:

a detection step of detecting instruction input different from selection input of objects by the selection receiving unit; and

an execution step of, when instruction input detected in the detection step is a specified instruction input, executing specified processing corresponding to the specified instruction input only on non-selected objects being objects other than the object of which selection input is performed by the user among the plurality of objects displayed by the display unit.