Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080263220 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing system including a plurality of servers and an image processing apparatus for integrally displaying images sent from the plurality of servers in streaming mode, wherein each of the plurality of servers includes: input means; area information receiving means; encoding means; and delivery means. The image processing apparatus includes creating means, sending means, image data receiving means, decoding means, and display means. | 10-23-2008 |
20090073923 | Communication device, communication system thereof, and communication setting method thereof - A communication device is disclosed. The communication device includes a radio communication section and a switching section. The switching section switches a function between a station function and an access point function. In a state that the function of the communication device has been switched to the access point function, the communication device is connected to another communication device contained in a radio communication network through the radio communication section. The communication device receives connection setting information from the other communication device through the communication section. The connection setting information has been set to the communication section. The communication device stores the received connection setting information. After the function of the communication device has been switched from the access point function to the station function, the communication device is connected to the radio communication network containing the other communication device based on the stored connection setting information. | 03-19-2009 |
20090077489 | Display control apparatus, method and program - A display control apparatus includes video window display means for displaying digital video data, control panel window display means for displaying a control panel window on which the video window display means may be operated, select means for selecting the video window display means, active window display means for displaying an arbitrary application, alignment frame means for aligning the video window display means, and multiwindow display control means for controlling the display positions and sizes of the video window display means and control panel window display means. | 03-19-2009 |
20100104177 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An input control unit that receives first content data from a content delivery apparatus via a communication unit, converts the first content data into first image data before causing a storage unit to store the first image data, receives second content data generated by a portion or all of the first content data being updated from the content delivery apparatus via the communication unit, and converts the second content data into second image data before causing the storage unit to store the second image data, a center of gravity candidate region extraction unit that calculates difference values of color information between corresponding pixels of the first image data and the second image data stored in the storage unit and extracts a center of gravity candidate region, which is a region constituted by pixels the difference values of which exceed a threshold value stored in the storage unit. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110031 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus has: a touch operating unit touch-operating by at least operators; a detecting unit for detecting a touch state of each of the operators in touch with the touch operating unit; a coordinate system determining unit for determining a coordinate system of the touch operating unit in accordance with an operating direction of the operators detected by the detecting unit; a relative position calculating unit for calculating a relative position of each of the two or more operators from a touch position of the operators detected by the detecting unit and the coordinate system of the touch operating unit determined by the coordinate system determining unit; and a command issuing unit for issuing a predetermined operation command based on the touch state of each of the operators detected by the detecting unit at the relative position of the operators calculated by the relative position calculating unit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100149119 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a read unit for reading pattern information formed by conductive material and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing based on the pattern information read by the read unit. | 06-17-2010 |
20100149129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a calculation unit that calculates, when state quantities of an object are changed by changing a predetermined parameter specifying a space in which the object is present in accordance with a contact quantity detected by a detection unit, the state quantities of the object after the change based on a dynamic model using the predetermined parameter, physical quantities of the object stored in a storage unit, and the state quantities of the object stored in the storage unit and updates the state quantities of the object stored in the storage unit with the calculated state quantities of the object after the change. | 06-17-2010 |
20100156830 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference. | 06-24-2010 |
20100177121 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit for detecting an angle of an operating body to a reference coordinate axis on a display screen and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing in accordance with the angle of the operating body detected by the detection unit. | 07-15-2010 |
20100188363 | DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE - A display/input device is provided which includes a position sensor on which an electrode pattern in grid form is arranged, the position sensor being for specifying a position of an operating tool by detecting a capacitance changing at a contact part or a proximity part at a time the operating tool is made to contact the electrode pattern or is brought into proximity of the electrode pattern, and an outer frame portion forming an outer frame of a display screen provided with the position sensor. A boundary of an area where the position of the operating tool can be specified by the position sensor despite a non-presence of the electrode pattern is visually or haptically indicated at the outer frame portion. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188423 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a display unit on which an object is displayed, a position detector for detecting a position of an operating tool that is made to contact a surface of the display unit, a reference position determination unit for determining as a reference position a position of an operating tool that is detected first by the position detector when a plurality of operating tools are made to contact the display unit, a display change operation specifying unit for specifying, according to a moving direction of a position of an operating tool that is detected N-th (N≧2) by the position detector, a specific display change operation associated with the direction, and a display controller for performing on the object the display change operation specified by the display change operation specifying unit with the reference position determined by the reference position determination unit as a reference. | 07-29-2010 |
20100214249 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus includes an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of a display portion where an object is displayed; a position detecting portion which detects a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to the display portion or the outer frame portion; and a display controlling portion which displays on the display portion, auxiliary information about an object situated at a position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion. | 08-26-2010 |
20100225601 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: touch operation sections provided to be spaced from each other by a specified distance and detect a position touched by an operating part; a drag detection section to detect a drag moved in a state where the operating part touches the touch operation sections; a vibration detection section to detect a vibration amount of the touch operation sections; a vibration acquisition section to acquire the vibration amount in a period after the drag detection section detects that an arbitrary touch operation section is dragged among the touch operation sections and before the drag detection section detects that another touch operation section adjacent to the arbitrary touch operation section is dragged; and a drag determination section to determine, based on the vibration amount, whether the drag on the arbitrary touch operation section is continuous with the drag on the another touch operation section. | 09-09-2010 |
20100225604 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, THRESHOLD VALUE SETTING METHOD, AND THRESHOLD VALUE SETTING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a recognition section which recognizes the shape of an object being in contact with an operation screen of an operating section; a pressure detecting section which detects the pressure of the object on the operation screen; a threshold value setting section which sets a threshold value of the pressure, which is a value for determining a pressure operation on the operation screen, on the basis of the shape of the object recognized by the recognition section; and a determination section which determines whether or not a pressure operation has been performed on the operation screen on the basis of the pressure detected by the pressure detecting section and the threshold value set by the threshold value setting section. | 09-09-2010 |
20100229091 | Information Processing Apparatus and Estimating Method - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an operation display unit for displaying a display screen and detecting an operation location on the display screen based upon a user operation on the display screen, a pressure detecting unit including a plurality of pressure sensors for detecting a pressure value according to the user operation on the operation display unit for each of the plurality of pressure sensors, an operation type determining unit for determining a type of the user operation, a deriving unit for selectively deriving a barycentric location on the display screen based upon detection results from the plurality of pressure sensors, based upon a determination result from the operation type determining unit, and an estimating unit for estimating a pressure value on the operation location, based upon a derivation result from the deriving unit and upon information of barycentric location candidates. | 09-09-2010 |
20100253630 | INPUT DEVICE AND AN INPUT PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an input device, including: a manipulating block including an electrostatic capacitance detecting portion configured to detect a proximal distance to a manipulating body in accordance with a change in electrostatic capacitance; a shape detecting portion configured to detect an effective area; a determining portion configured to determine whether or not a key which the manipulating body contacts is depressed for a predetermined period of time; and a display processing portion configured to move an object being displayed on a display portion. | 10-07-2010 |
20100253652 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an operation display device displaying a plurality of virtual operation keys on a display screen in a predetermined key layout so as to detect operations performed by a user on the display screen; a vibration detection device detecting vibration changes of the operation display device; a key operation determination device determining whether a key input operation is performed on each of the virtual operation keys based on results of the detection by the operation display device and on results of the detection by the vibration detection device; and a notification control device giving notification selectively to the user based on those results of the determination by the key operation determination device. | 10-07-2010 |
20100259562 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A display control apparatus is provided which includes a detection unit for detecting proximity of an operation tool to, or contact of the operation tool with, a display unit including a first display area on which an object list in which a plurality of objects are arranged is displayed and a second display area on which the content of the object is displayed, a movement determination unit for determining a movement of the operation tool based on the detection result by the detection unit, a list display control unit for controlling a display of the object list displayed in the first display area based on the determination result by the movement determination unit, and a detailed display control unit for controlling a display of the second display area based on the determination result by the movement determination unit. | 10-14-2010 |
20100283737 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a mobile display apparatus applied to the display apparatus including a display screen; an operation area control unit that displays an operation area for a user to perform an input operation on the display screen; a display area control unit that displays a display area for displaying input information on the display screen; a touch panel that is provided to the display screen and detects an input operation performed by a user in the operation area; an arithmetic unit that selects input information based on the input operation detected by the device; and an input information presentation unit that presents the input information selected by the arithmetic unit in the display area to prompt the user to check the input information. | 11-11-2010 |
20100283758 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: display means for displaying an image including an object; detection means, which is stacked on the display means, for detecting a contact with the display means; and control means for switching an operation mode of the display means based on a ratio of the area of the object displayed in the display means to the area of a region of the display means in which the contact is detected by the detection means. | 11-11-2010 |
20100287470 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - An information processing apparatus includes: display means for displaying an image; detection means that is disposed in an area other than another area, in which the display means is disposed, for detecting a contact in the area; and control means for recognizing the content of an operation based on a combination of two or more contact positions in which the contact is detected by the detection means and controlling performing of a process corresponding to the content of the operation. | 11-11-2010 |
20100295806 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A display control apparatus is provided including a detection unit for detecting contact of an operation tool with a display surface of the display unit, a contact determination unit for determining contact state of the operation tool with the display surface based on a detection result, a contact mark display processing unit for displaying on the display unit a contact mark indicating a form of a contact area of the operation tool when the operation tool is determined to be in contact with the display surface, and a screen display processing unit for causing an object, the contact mark, and the pointer displayed in a predetermined display area to be displayed near the contact area of the operation tool when a predetermined state to start a change of display of the display unit is detected in the state in which the operation tool is in contact with the display surface. | 11-25-2010 |
20100321316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation display unit that displays a display screen and detects detection information that changes in accordance with a user operation performed on the display screen; an operation determination unit that determines, in accordance with the detection information, whether an operation has been performed on an operation target displayed on the display screen; a selection unit that selects an image to be displayed, in accordance with a determination result from the operation determination unit; an area-where-arrangement-is-not-to-be-performed setting unit that sets an area where arrangement is not to be performed, in accordance with the determination result from the operation determination unit and the detection information; and an arrangement processing unit that arranges the image to be displayed, in an area where arrangement can be performed, in accordance with the selected image to be displayed and the set area where arrangement is not to be performed. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325590 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus and method provide logic for controlling a controllable device by distinguishing between an intended motion of a user and an unintended motion of the user. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided to control a controllable device by distinguishing between a control movement and a non-control movement. The method receives spatial positions of a joint of a human appendage and a reference point disposed along the appendage and distal to the joint. The method determines whether a movement of the reference point about the joint is a control movement or a non-control movement, based on a comparison of direction of movement of the reference point and a direction of displacement between the reference point and the upper joint. A control instruction is executed when the movement is a control movement. | 12-23-2010 |
20110001628 | MAP INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a map information display device including an operating tool detector for, on a display panel where map information MI and view image information VI are displayed, detecting a position and a pointing direction of an operating tool M in touch with an area corresponding to the map information; and a display controller for controlling display of the view image information in accordance with a view point on the map information indicated by the position of the operating tool and a line-of-sight direction on the map information indicated by the pointing direction of the operating tool. | 01-06-2011 |
20110001694 | OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An operation control apparatus is provided which includes a detection unit for detecting contact of an operation tool with a display surface of a display unit, a contact determination unit for determining a contact state of the operation tool with the display surface based on the detection result by the detection unit, a contact area recognition unit for recognizing, in the case where it is determined by the contact determination unit that the operation tool is in contact with the display surface, a contact area where the operation tool is in contact with the display surface, and an operation determination unit for determining, from a plurality of operation processing associated with an act of the operation tool in contact with the display surface, an operation processing to be executed, based on a size of the contact area recognized by the contact area recognition unit. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004821 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operating tool detector for detecting a touch state of an operating tool with a display panel; a display controller for, when change of a pointing direction of the operating tool is detected by the operating tool detector on an object selected on the display panel, controlling the display panel to display near the object an operation menu containing one or more operation items I selectable for the object; and an operation item selecting portion for, when the operation menu is displayed, selecting one of the operation items in accordance with the change in the pointing direction of the operating tool detected by the operating tool detector from the operation menu. | 01-06-2011 |
20110007091 | Information processing device, display control method and program - There is provided an information processing device that includes a communication portion, a detection portion and a display control portion. The communication portion communicates with an external device. The detection portion detects a posture of the information processing device. The display control portion controls display on a display screen based on one of a display format that is determined based on posture information indicating the posture of the information processing device detected by the detection portion and external posture information indicating a posture of the external device that is received by the communication portion, and a display format based on display switch information indicating a display format that is received by the communication portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110016422 | Display Apparatus, Display Method, and Program - There is provided a display apparatus including a display capable of displaying a plurality of windows using a browser, a device such as a touch panel that detects a screen operation on the display performed by a user, a selection unit that selects a first window specified by the user according to a first screen operation detected by the device, and a screen region setting unit that sets the screen region of a second window with respect to the selected first window in an orientation of a browser, according to a second screen operation of the user following the first screen operation, detected by the device, the screen region of the second window corresponding to the second screen operation. | 01-20-2011 |
20110018804 | Operation control device and operation control method - There is provided an operation control device including a motion detection part which detects an object to be detected, which is moved by motion of a user, a motion determination part which determines motion of the object to be detected based on a detection result, a movable region movement processing part which moves a cursor movable region including a cursor operating an object displayed in a display region, and a cursor movement processing part which moves the cursor. Based on motion of a first detected object, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor in the display region by a first movement unit. Based on motion of a second detected object, the cursor movement processing part moves only the cursor in the cursor movable region by a second movement unit smaller than the first movement unit. | 01-27-2011 |
20110032198 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a mobile display apparatus applied to the display apparatus including a display screen; a touch panel that detects an operation performed by a user in the display screen; state decision unit that decides one of a contact state, a proximity state and a distant state with the display screen based on the user's operation detected by the touch panel; a state change identification unit that identifies a state change in the user's operation according to the state decided by the state decision unit; and an operation command setting unit that sets an operation command depending on the state change identified by the state change identification unit when setting the operation command for controlling display of the display screen in response to the user's operation. | 02-10-2011 |
20110050608 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display section capable of displaying information on its display surface, a touch panel capable of detecting a position in the display surface where an operation tool has contacted with as a contact position, a pressure value detection section detecting a pressure value which is a size of a pressure applied to the contact surface by a contact between the operation tool and the contact surface, a process control section specifying a first processing or a second processing as a processing subject to be executed in accordance with a change of the detected pressure value, a first processing section executing the first processing when the first processing is specified to be a processing subject to be executed, and a second processing section executing the second processing when the second processing is specified to be a processing subject to be executed. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050628 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an operation control device including a pressure detecting portion that is provided in a display portion that displays an input area in which character information is input, the pressure detecting portion detecting pressure with which an operation body depresses a display surface of the display portion, and an operation control portion that switches an input mode of the character information based on a change in the pressure detected. The operation control portion determines an input of the character information, when it is detected that the pressure detected has decreased by greater than or equal to a predetermined percentage within a predetermined time period, and subsequently, the operation control portion switches the input mode of the character information based on the change in the pressure detected and on the character information that is determined to be input. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050629 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a pressure value detection section that detects a pressure value which is a size of a pressure applied to the contact surface by the operation tool, a pressure value monitor section that monitors the pressure value detected by the pressure value detection section in conjunction with an elapsed time, a proximity volume determination section that determines whether the proximity volume detected by the touch panel meets a first condition to be larger than a first threshold, a pressure value determination section that determines whether the pressure value monitored by the pressure value monitor section has changed, and a process control section that does not allow the first processing section to execute the first processing when the proximity volume determination section determines the first condition is met and the pressure value determination section determines the pressure value is not changed. | 03-03-2011 |
20110157006 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection section configured to detect an operating body in proximity to a display screen, an identification section configured to identify whether the operating body detected by the detection section is in proximity to a selection item included in the display screen, and a display control section configured to temporarily superimpose and display a region including selection item content of the selection item over a previously displayed display region when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item and configured to end a display of the region including the selection item content of the selection item when the detection section no longer detects the operating body as being in proximity to the display screen. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157045 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an operation body approaching a display screen, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the operation body detected by the detector approaches a first region of the display screen, a display controller configured to display display content included in the first region in a second region that is different from the first region when the operation body is determined by the determination unit to be approaching the first region, and an operation controller configured to regard an operation performed by the operation body in the first region as an operation for the display content displayed in the second region by the display controller. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157078 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection section configured to detect a proximity area of an operating body, and an issue section configured to issue a command for executing a predetermined operation according to a change in the proximity area detected by the detection section. The issue section issues the command when a degree of the change in the proximity area exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164060 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes: a display section; a detecting section which detects an indication manipulation for a manipulation surface; and a control section which detects, if the indication manipulation for the manipulation surface is detected by the detecting section, an area in the manipulation surface indicated through the indication manipulation, and enlarges an image on the basis of the detected area to be displayed on the display section. | 07-07-2011 |
20110169754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, OPENING/CLOSING ANGLE DETECTING METHOD, AND OPENING/CLOSING ANGLE DETECTING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes two casings that are openably/closably coupled to each other, a detection unit that is provided on at least one of the two casings and is configured to detect one of contact and proximity of an operation input with respect to an operation surface, and a control unit configured to extract a variation component, which varies along with proximity of the two casings in opening/closing of the two casings, based on a detection result, which is detected by the detection unit, and detect an opening/closing angle of the two casings based on the variation component. | 07-14-2011 |
20110175829 | Information processing device, operation input method and operation input program - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175830 | Display control apparatus, display control method and display control program - A display control apparatus may include a proximity detector to detect proximity of an indicator to a display surface, and a touch detector to detect touch of the indicator against the display surface. A control unit may control display of an indicant on the display surface when the proximity detector detects that the indicator is in proximity to the display surface, and may determine whether the indicant is selected based on detection of the touch of the indicator against the display surface by the touch detector. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit determining whether the touch of the instruction object is a predetermined input operation based on the detection result, which is obtained by the touch detection unit when the touch detection unit detects the touch of the instruction object, and at least one of the detection results, which are obtained by the proximity detection unit before and after the touch of the instruction object. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175832 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION PREDICTION METHOD, AND OPERATION PREDICTION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit detecting movement of the instruction object on or to the operation surface based on the detection result of the touch detection unit and the detection result of the proximity detection unit and starting a process corresponding to an input operation predicted from the detected movement of the instruction object. | 07-21-2011 |
20110205182 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including a detection unit for detecting a state of a manipulating body in a manipulation area, a state judgment unit for judging whether the manipulating body is in an input state in which a given input manipulation process is executed according to input information input by the manipulating body or in a standby state in which the input manipulation process is not executed, based on the detection result of the detection unit, and an execution process determination unit for determining a process to be executed from a plurality of processes including the input manipulation process based on the state judged by the state judgment unit or a change of the state. | 08-25-2011 |
20110285658 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided are a portable information processing device having a touch panel, and an information processing method and a program in the information processing device for enabling a user manipulation to be simpler and more intuitive than in a related art and large screen displayed content to be directly manipulated by the portable information processing device. | 11-24-2011 |
20110310049 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A user can be made to easily perform operation input without visually recognizing an operating face. | 12-22-2011 |
20120044170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection section configured to detect contact/proximity of an operating object with/to a display surface of a display section on which objects classified into groups in accordance with a relationship between the objects are displayed, a proximity determination section configured to determine a degree of proximity of the operating object to the display surface based on a detection result obtained by the detection section, and an operation-lock determination section configured, when the proximity determination section determines that the operating object touches the display surface, to disable an operation input to an object belonging to a group different from a group which an object that the operating object touches belongs to, until the operating object is positioned outside a proximity detection region, the proximity detection region being a region from the display surface to positions which are a predetermined distance away therefrom. | 02-23-2012 |
20120044173 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An apparatus, method and computer program product cooperate to prepare frame information that causes a frame to be displayed on a display unit at an operation target position that is an offset of a predetermined distance on said display from an operation detection position. The frame information is then sent to the display unit for displaying the frame. A recognition unit detects the operation detection position in response to a contact made with the display. The display may be a touch panel or a proximity detection display, and the frame has a shape with an interior portion, a border portion and an exterior portion. | 02-23-2012 |
20120084646 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from a user to access portions of content associated with pages of an electronic document. The apparatus also includes a control unit configured to identify a page of the electronic document currently displayed to the user. The control unit is further configured to generate, in response to the instruction, sequential images corresponding to a transition between the identified page and a successive page, based on at least a position of the identified page within the electronic document. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display unit configured to display content to a user. The display unit includes a display surface, and the content is associated with at least a portion of a first page of an electronic document. A detection unit is configured to detect a first type of user activation associated with a first-type activation position on the display surface. A control unit is configured to determine whether the first-type activation position falls within a predetermined portion of the display screen, which is visually imperceptible to the user. The control unit is further configured to identify a first successive page of the electronic document based on at least the type of user activation, when the activation falls within the pre-determined portion. | 04-05-2012 |
20120086722 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089938 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - An apparatus for displaying content stored as a plurality of pages is provided. The apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect a first user operation and a control unit configured to send signals to display one of the plurality of pages on a screen. The control unit is further configured to, when the detected first user operation comprises a page turn instruction, send signals to sequentially change the displayed page at a first rate when the displayed page is outside a first number of pages before or after a first marked page and sequentially change the displayed page at a second rate slower than the first rate when the displayed page is within the first number of pages before or after the first marked page. | 04-12-2012 |
20120092261 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a display controller that controls a display to display a keyboard, an interface that receives position information corresponding to a user input detected at a user interface, and a processor that determines that the received position information corresponds to a first determination region of a first key of the displayed keyboard and expands a second determination region of a second key based on the determining. | 04-19-2012 |
20120147052 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An operation control device includes a contact detection unit for detecting contact of an operation body with a display surface of a display unit on which information is displayed, a pressure detection unit, provided on the display unit, for detecting a pressure at which the operation body presses the display surface of the display unit, and an operation control unit for changing a display state of the information displayed on the display unit in a forward or reverse direction on the basis of an amount of pressure detected by the pressure detection unit until the operation body makes contact with and is separated from the display surface of the display unit. | 06-14-2012 |
20120236022 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method is provided for generating notifications. The method comprises obtaining position information of an operating member. The method further comprises determining an operation area based on the position information. The method also comprises generating a notification when the determined operation area corresponds to an edge region of a surface of a device. | 09-20-2012 |
20120299848 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a display control unit configured to identify hover coordinates displayed on a touch screen of a touch panel and a tilt of a device body, and determine an offset value of the identified hover coordinates in accordance with the identified tilt of the device body. | 11-29-2012 |
20120299849 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a display control unit configured to acquire hover coordinates on the touch screen in accordance with a transition of mode to a hover mode, and determine both the acquired hover coordinates and coordinates obtained by adding a desired offset value to the hover coordinates as a range of a hover display to be displayed on the touch screen. | 11-29-2012 |
20120299851 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination section for determining whether or not an input operation is valid on the basis of a proximity distance and a target object, and a process execution section for executing a process according to the input operation when it is determined that the input operation is valid. The proximity distance is a distance between a proximity detection type operation unit and an operating body performing the input operation using the proximity detection type operation unit. The target object is a target of the input operation. | 11-29-2012 |
20120299964 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes an inclination detection unit configured to generate a first signal regarding inclination of the device. The information processing device also includes a display processing unit configured to, based on the first signal, generate a second signal to initiate a change in orientation of a display of content, and generate a third signal to cancel the change in orientation in response to receipt of a CANCEL command after initiation of the change. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304199 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an event processing unit for performing in a background a process corresponding to an operation input that is estimated based on a state of an operating tool in a first state, and for performing, when the operating tool in the first state enters a second state, a feedback process for the operation input using the process performed in the background. | 11-29-2012 |
20120313870 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a graphic acquisition unit for acquiring graphic data, an operation acquisition unit for acquiring an operation of a user, a determination unit for determining the operation acquired by the operation acquisition unit, and a processing unit for performing a process on the graphic data based on a determination by the determination unit. | 12-13-2012 |
20120313975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a selection part selecting a parameter from graphic data, a display control part controlling an object corresponding to the parameter selected by the selection part to be displayed and an extraction part extracting a parameter having a correlation with the parameter selected by the selection part, wherein the display control part controls the object to be moved based on the correlation. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314953 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a selecting unit that selects figures from a candidate figure group based on recognition values obtained through character recognition with respect to an input image, and a display control unit that performs control to display the figures selected by the selecting unit. | 12-13-2012 |
20130207894 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a movement information acquisition part acquiring information which is based on movement of an operation device, and a control information generation part generating, based on the information, control information for changing a display status continuously in a non-linear manner according to the movement. | 08-15-2013 |
20130249926 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a positional information acquiring unit acquiring information related to a movement of an operation target by a user operation, and a display control information generating unit generating control information to control display content, based on the information related to the movement. Among a first direction component and a second direction component of the movement, the display control information generating unit preferentially generates the control information for the first direction component. | 09-26-2013 |
20130328831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference. | 12-12-2013 |
20140022214 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, OPERATION INPUT METHOD AND OPERATION INPUT PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected. | 01-23-2014 |
20140137051 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an operation control device including a motion detection part which detects an object to be detected, which is moved by motion of a user, a motion determination part which determines motion of the object to be detected based on a detection result, a movable region movement processing part which moves a cursor movable region including a cursor operating an object displayed in a display region, and a cursor movement processing part which moves the cursor. Based on motion of a first detected object, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor in the display region by a first movement unit. Based on motion of a second detected object, the cursor movement processing part moves only the cursor in the cursor movable region by a second movement unit smaller than the first movement unit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140351755 | FACILITATING DISPLAY OF A MENU AND SELECTION OF A MENU ITEM VIA A TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operating tool detector for detecting a touch state of an operating tool with a display panel; a display controller for, when change of a pointing direction of the operating tool is detected by the operating tool detector on an object selected on the display panel, controlling the display panel to display near the object an operation menu containing one or more operation items I selectable for the object; and an operation item selecting portion for, when the operation menu is displayed, selecting one of the operation items in accordance with the change in the pointing direction of the operating tool detected by the operating tool detector from the operation menu. | 11-27-2014 |
20150016801 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a display control unit that controls display of a display screen containing a content display area and a subtitles display area, and an operation recognition unit that, when a first operation on the subtitles display area is detected, recognizes that an operation to perform second processing is performed, the second processing being different from first processing performed when the first operation on the content display area is detected. | 01-15-2015 |
20150049119 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes an inclination detection unit configured to generate a first signal regarding inclination of the device. The information processing device also includes a display processing unit configured to, based on the first signal, generate a second signal to initiate a change in orientation of a display of content, and generate a third signal to cancel the change in orientation in response to receipt of a CANCEL command after initiation of the change. | 02-19-2015 |