Electronic device and touch operation processing method

• US 9,411,501 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2012
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Toru, Enomoto, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/604,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20130127749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,433 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic device is provided with a touch panel configured to include a display device and a touch pad or is connected to the touch panel. A display control unit displays a list of items on a display device. A first reception unit receives a first touch operation in a selection area of an item. A second reception unit receives a second touch operation for moving the list of items. A selection control unit selects one or more items in accordance with a specified position on a front touch pad specified by the first touch operation and with the movement of the list of items by the display control unit.

Claims

1. An electronic device configured to efficiently transfer content files to a second device, said electronic device comprising:

a multi touch display screen configured to accept a multi-touch operation from a user, said multi touch display screen comprising;

a first reception unit configured to receive a first touch operation performed in a first selection area having a columnar configuration with respect to a scrolling direction and in which a user provides a single touch location to select one or more check boxes, each corresponding to an item from a list of items, wherein one or more of said items are selected for transfer to said second device, wherein said first selection area is adjacent to a first edge of said display screen,

a second reception unit configured to receive a second touch operation performed in a second area comprising substantially all but the first selection area of said multi touch display screen, said second touch operation comprising a scrolling operation wherein said user uses touch input to scroll through said list of items corresponding to content files stored in a memory card of said device, wherein said second selection area is adjacent to a second edge of said display screen, said second edge being opposite said first edge,

wherein multiple items are selected by providing the single touch location in the first selection area of columnar configuration such that the single touch location is over said check boxes as they pass by said single touch location while said items are scrolled, and the first and second touch operations occur simultaneously.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the selection control unit selects more than one item sequentially as a function of the movement of the list of items, selected items being determined by the items in said list of items that intersect with the single touch location specified by the first touch operation, while the first touch operation continues.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the selection control unit performs selection control, including selection and/or deselection of an item, while said first touch operation continues,

and wherein the selection control unit ends the selection control when said first touch operation ceases.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said multi touch display screen is a touch panel provided on the front surface of said electronic device, said touch panel formed by a touch pad overlaying a display of said electronic device.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a second touch panel on the rear face of said electronic device.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said multi touch display screen is a separate device connected to said electronic device.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a content manager configured to display a genre selection screen image comprising a plurality of genre selection areas for selecting the genre of said items to be transferred.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein said plurality of genre selection areas comprise:

a genre selection area, a video genre selection area, a music genre selection area, and a photo genre selection area, wherein tapping one of said genre selection areas causes said content manager to generate and display said list of items, each of which correspond to a content file belonging to said genre.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein each of said items comprise content information including an image representing said content file, and a title of said content file.

14. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a user selects an item representing a content file by tapping its corresponding checkbox.

15. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a transfer button that a user taps in order to transfer one or more of said content files selected for transfer to said second device.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a user must perform a first touch operation in the first selection area and a second touch operation in the second area of said multi touch display screen, at the same time, in order to use the multi touch display screen.

17. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage area having a virtual CD ROM stored therein, said virtual CD ROM comprising computer readable code for an installer, wherein said installer installs a server acquired driver onto said second device to enable media transfer from said electronic device to said second device when said electronic device does not detect a driver in said second device for executing the media transfer protocol.

18. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a single column of check boxes is displayed on said multi touch display screen, from which the user selects said one or more check boxes.

4. A touch operation processing method comprising:

displaying a list of items on a display device;

receiving a first touch operation performed in a first selection area having a columnar configuration with respect to a scrolling direction and in which a user provides a single touch location to select one or more check boxes, each corresponding to an item from a list of items, wherein one or more of said items are selected for transfer to said second device, wherein said first selection area is adjacent to a first edge of said display screen,

receiving, simultaneously with said first touch operation, a second touch operation performed in a second area comprising substantially all but the first selection area of said multi touch display screen, said second touch operation comprising a scrolling operation wherein said user uses touch input to scroll through said list of items corresponding to content files stored in a memory card of said device, wherein said second selection area is adjacent to a second edge of said display screen, said second edge being opposite said first edge,

wherein multiple items are selected by providing the single touch location in the first selection area of columnar configuration such that the single touch location is over said check boxes as they pass by said single touch location while said items are scrolled, and the first and second touch operations occur simultaneously.

6. The touch operation processing method of claim 4 wherein each of said more than one item is selected sequentially while the first touch operation continues.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon the computer program comprising:

a module configured to display a list of items on a display device;

a module configured to receive a first touch operation performed in a first selection area having a columnar configuration with respect to a scrolling direction and in which a user provides a single touch location to select one or more check boxes, each corresponding to an item from a list of items, wherein one or more of said items are selected for transfer to said second device, wherein said first selection area is adjacent to a first edge of said display screen;

a module configured to receive simultaneously with said first touch operation a second touch operation performed in a second area comprising substantially all but the first selection area of said multi touch display screen, said second touch operation comprising a scrolling operation wherein said user uses touch input to scroll through said list of items corresponding to content files stored in a memory card of said device, wherein said second selection area is adjacent to a second edge of said display screen, said second edge being opposite said first edge,

a module configured to select multiple items in response to the single touch location in the first selection area of columnar configuration such that the single touch location is over said check boxes as they pass by said single touch location while said items are scrolled, and the first and second touch operations occur simultaneously.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 5 wherein each of said more than one item is selected sequentially while the first touch operation continues.