Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080276280 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing apparatus. Images which are consecutive in time series are sequentially enlarged and displayed such that the enlarged images are continuous spirally in the time-series order from the inner circumferential side. In this manner, according to the present invention, it is possible to understand easily a before-after relationship between a large number of images which are consecutive in time series by applying the present invention to a set-top box for digital satellite broadcasting, for example. | 11-06-2008 |
20090252474 | CONTENT EDITING APPARATUS, CONTENT EDITING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a content editing apparatus, content editing method and program capable of easily and rapidly extracting sections corresponding to a reproducing operation of content data. | 10-08-2009 |
20090262091 | Information Processing Apparatus and Vibration Control Method in Information Processing Apparatus - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that moves a display position of an object in accordance with movement of a contact position when the position in a screen where the object is displayed is contacted and moved and a vibration control unit that vibrates the contact position with a vibration amount in accordance with a parameter amount of data associated with the object when the display position of the object moves. | 10-22-2009 |
20090322926 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a display screen displaying a first image included in a continuously taken image group, a friction position detector detecting a friction position on the display screen rubbed by a user, and an image synthesizing unit synthesizing a pixel area of the first image corresponding to the friction position, and a pixel area of a second image included in the image group, wherein the image synthesizing unit switches the second image to be synthesized with the first image so as to increase an imaging time difference between the first image and the second image along with an increase in the amount of friction rubbed by the user. | 12-31-2009 |
20100005418 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information display device includes: an image display unit that displays a plurality of images in a spiral manner according to a predetermined order; an operation information input, unit that, inputs operation information for the plurality of images; and a display processing unit that displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with movement angle information and angular velocity information obtained from the operation information, the plurality of images are moved in a generally circumferential direction of a spiral formed of the plurality of images. Thus, the spirally arranged images are moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral, in accordance with the movement angle information and the angular velocity information obtained from the operation information. Therefore, compared to a case where an up-down-left-right key or the like is used, a particular one of the images can be selected through intuitive operation. | 01-07-2010 |
20100005428 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUXILIARY INFORMATION - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a direction detection unit that detects a drawing direction of a locus drawn in an input process of a gesture when the gesture is input, a gesture search unit that searches for the gesture matching the drawing direction of the locus detected by the direction detection unit from among a plurality of predetermined gestures, and an auxiliary information display unit that displays a search result by the gesture search unit in a screen as auxiliary information each time the drawing direction of the locus is detected by the direction detection unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100020048 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of elements at a display unit by being superimposed and selecting an arbitrary element rapidly and easily among the plurality of elements by the user and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes an input reception unit to which signals are input from a first operation unit and a second operation unit, and a display control unit by which a plurality of first elements and a plurality of second elements are displayed by being superimposed. The first elements are arranged to be selectable or movable in accordance with the input of the first operation unit on a virtual first layer and the second elements are arranged to be selectable or movable in accordance with the input of the second operation unit on a virtual second layer which differs from the first layer. | 01-28-2010 |
20100037183 | Display Apparatus, Display Method, and Program - A display method including the steps of displaying document data and/or content data including a plurality of objects, controlling an arrangement position of a translucent focus area on a display unit, where the focus area is provided to make the object enter a selection state, detecting a position on the display unit, where a user contacts the display unit at the position, and moving the focus area as the contact position is moved when the detected arrangement position of the focus area is approximately equivalent to the detected contact position is provided. | 02-11-2010 |
20100103132 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display panel on which a plurality of objects of moving picture contents are displayed along a predetermined direction; an input position detecting unit that detects a position of an operator positioned on the display panel; a selected object detecting unit that detects an object selected by the operator; a block division unit that divides content data corresponding to the object detected by the selected object detecting unit into a plurality of blocks and generates an object corresponding to a block top image which is an image positioned at the top of each block; and a display controlling unit that arranges a plurality of block top images in a time order and hierarchically displaying them with the selected object as a reference. | 04-29-2010 |
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 |
20100141680 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a display panel for displaying a plurality of objects; an area region detection unit for detecting an operation body positioned on the display panel, and detecting an area region of the display panel corresponding to the operation body; a contacting object detection unit for detecting one or a plurality of objects contacting the area region detected by the area region detection unit; and an object selection unit for setting part of or all of the objects detected by the contacting object detection unit to a selected state. | 06-10-2010 |
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 |
20100171716 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided which includes a display panel for displaying a plurality of objects, a plane area detection unit for detecting an operation tool positioned on the display panel and for detecting a plane area corresponding to the operation tool on the display panel, a direction detection unit for detecting a moving direction of the operation tool based on variation of position of the plane area according to time detected by the plane area detection unit, a contact determination unit for determining whether the operation tool is in contact with the display panel based on the plane area detected by the plane area detection unit, and an application control unit for controlling an application according to a contact determination result by the contact determination unit and the moving direction of the operation tool detected by the direction detection unit. | 07-08-2010 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20110046955 | SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUS, SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a speech processing apparatus including: a data obtaining unit which obtains music progression data defining a property of one or more time points or one or more time periods along progression of music; a determining unit which determines an output time point at which a speech is to be output during reproducing the music by utilizing the music progression data obtained by the data obtaining unit; and an audio output unit which outputs the speech at the output time point determined by the determining unit during reproducing the music. | 02-24-2011 |
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 |
20110050653 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection section which detects touch operation on a touch operation surface by the operating tool, an execution section which executes predetermined processing designated by the touch operation, a determination section which determines whether contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, and a display control section which causes a confirmation message for confirming whether to execute the predetermined processing to be displayed depending on a determination result of the determination section, and, when the determination section determines that the contact of the operating tool to the touch operation surface is maintained, the execution section executes the predetermined processing designated by the touch operation even without explicit confirmation processing being performed with respect to the confirmation message. | 03-03-2011 |
20110090168 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel | 04-21-2011 |
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 |
20110214145 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND METOD FOR INDEX INFORMATION FOR SCENE CHANGES - The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing apparatus. Images which are consecutive in time series are sequentially enlarged and displayed such that the enlarged images are continuous spirally in the time-series order from the inner circumferential side. In this manner, according to the present invention, it is possible to understand easily a before-after relationship between a large number of images which are consecutive in time series by applying the present invention to a set-top box for digital satellite broadcasting, for example. | 09-01-2011 |
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 |
20120030636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit; and a control unit performing a process corresponding to dragging and displaying, on a display unit, a cursor which elongates from a start point of the dragging to an end point of the dragging and of which at least one of a size and a shape is different at one end portion, which is on a side of the start point of the dragging, and at the other end portion, which is on a side of the end point of the dragging, when the dragging is executed through the operation unit. | 02-02-2012 |
20120038578 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears. | 02-16-2012 |
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 |
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 |
20120127107 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A display control device according to the present invention includes a detection unit for detecting contact of an operating object on a display surface of a display unit, a position calculation unit for calculating a contact position, on the display surface, of the operating object whose contact has been detected by the detection unit, an operation process determination unit for determining, from a plurality of operation processes associated with a motion of the operating object, one operation process to be performed, according to a length of a contact time of continuously contacting the display surface within a first area including a reference contact position which is a contact position of the operating object at a time of the operating object being made to contact the display surface after a state of separation from the display surface, and an operation processing unit for changing display of the display unit by the operation process that is performed, based on a motion of the operating object that is further continuously in contact with the display surface. | 05-24-2012 |
20120146945 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a contact operation and a pressure of an operating object on a contact operation surface, a display switching unit for switching display on a display screen according to the pressure of the operating object detected by the detection unit, and an execution unit for performing a predetermined process, in a case a predetermined operation of the operating object on the contact operation surface is detected by the detection unit while the display on the display screen is being switched by the display switching unit, according to the predetermined operation. | 06-14-2012 |
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 |
20120314047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a display, a detection unit, and controller. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image to acquire a captured image. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image to acquire a captured image. The display has a display surface that faces in the same direction as an imaging direction of the imaging unit. The detection unit is configured to perform imaging processing on the captured image to detect an opening degree of eye of a user in the captured image. The controller is configured to control a presentation of the display based on a result of the detection by the detection unit. | 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 |
20130021282 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022218 | SOUND CONTROL APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A sound control apparatus includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit is configured to display an object on a screen. The controller is configured to control a volume of information on the object based on one of a position and area of the object on the screen. | 01-24-2013 |
20130027535 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PHRASE OUTPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In one aspect, an information processing system for determining complimentary phrases to present to a recipient is provided. The information processing system may receive an input image depicting a subject. A difference in appearance between the subject depicted in the input image and a model subject may be determined. One or more phrases (e.g., complimentary phrases) may be selected from a plurality of categorized phrase candidates based on the identified difference in appearance between the subject and the model subject. The difference in appearance may be determined by comparing selected features (e.g., skin, hair, eyes) of the subject with one or more predetermined features of the model subject. The model subject may be the same or different than the subject depicted in the input image. | 01-31-2013 |
20130083070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes first and second display control units and an operation region specifying unit. The first display control unit is configured to control display of an image of a content by displaying a plurality of article information pieces in a plurality of regions laid out in advance in the image, the article information pieces each being constituted of one of a character string and a picture image, and the article information pieces and the regions being correlated with each other. The operation region specifying unit is configured to specify on which of the regions in the image an operation is performed. The second display control unit is configured to control display of an additional image by displaying the article information pieces in a predetermined region in the image, the article information pieces excepting the article information piece correlated with the specified region. | 04-04-2013 |
20130301925 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including an input image acquisition portion that acquires an input image, a past image acquisition portion that acquires a past image of a photographic subject in the input image, a mode selection portion that selects one of modes, using the input image, from among a plurality of modes including a first mode in which the photographic subject in the past image is overlapped with the photographic subject in the input image and a second mode in which the photographic subject in the past image is arranged side by side with the photographic subject in the input image, and a display control portion that superimposes the past image on the input image in accordance with the mode selected by the mode selection portion. | 11-14-2013 |
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 |
20140099073 | CONTENT EDITING APPARATUS, CONTENT EDITING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a content editing apparatus, content editing method and program capable of easily and rapidly extracting sections corresponding to a reproducing operation of content data. | 04-10-2014 |
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 |
20140232943 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - In order to provide a remote control system that is easy to use, a first displaying unit displays a remote controller side display information. Since a first operation unit is used to select the remote controller side display information and then drag towards an image display apparatus, a display position of the remote controller side display information on the display surface of the first displaying unit is visually moved towards an image display apparatus. In accordance with the movement operation of the remote controller side display information, operational information associated with the remote controller side display information is transmitted from a first communicator to a second communicator. | 08-21-2014 |
20140250374 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include a processing unit to control layout of article information on a display, where the layout is to include a plurality of display areas, the display areas include first and second text display areas and a number of characters to be displayed in the first and second text display areas is determined, respectively, by a size of the first and second text display areas | 09-04-2014 |
20140289677 | Touch screen input method and device - A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears. | 09-25-2014 |
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 |