Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image;

a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation; and

a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit,

wherein the display unit is configured to allow a plurality of users to interface with the information processing apparatus to publicly display the recorded messages on the display unit,

wherein the recording control unit further records a state of the input operation,

wherein the reproduction control unit processes the message in accordance with the state of the input operation to reproduce the message,

wherein the recording control unit records a duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproduction control unit reproduces animation of the message with a duration in keeping with the duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproduction control unit is operable when the duration of the input operation exceeds a first threshold, to reproduce the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction shorter than the duration of the input operation.

2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reproduction control unit reproduces the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction shorter than a duration of the input operation for an interval in input of the message during the input operation.

3. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording control unit reproduces an entire image of the message and the animation of the message in parallel.

4. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reproduction control unit divides the message into a plurality of parts and reproduces the animation of the respective parts in parallel.

5. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image;

a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation; and

a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit,

wherein the display unit is configured to allow a plurality of users to interface with the information processing apparatus to publicly display the recorded messages on the display unit,

wherein the recording control unit further records a state of the input operation,

wherein the reproduction control unit processes the message in accordance with the state of the input operation to reproduce the message,

wherein the recording control unit records a duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproduction control unit reproduces animation of the message with a duration in keeping with the duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproduction control unit is operable when the duration of the input operation exceeds a second threshold, to reproduce the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction a fixed value regardless of the duration of the input operation.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image;

a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation; and

a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit,

wherein the display unit is configured to allow a plurality of users to interface with the information processing apparatus to publicly display the recorded messages on the display unit,

wherein the recording control unit further records a state of the input operation,

wherein the reproduction control unit processes the message in accordance with the state of the input operation to reproduce the message,

wherein the recording control unit records a duration of the input operation, and wherein the reproduction control unit reproduces animation of the message with a duration in keeping with the duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproduction control unit is operable when the duration of the input operation is shorter than a third threshold, to reproduce the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction shorter than the duration of the input operation.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image;

a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation; and

a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit,

wherein the display unit is configured to allow a plurality of users to interface with the information processing apparatus to publicly display the recorded messages on the display unit,

wherein the recording control unit further records a state of the input operation,

wherein the reproduction control unit processes the message in accordance with the state of the input operation to reproduce the message,

wherein the recording control unit records a duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproduction control unit reproduces animation of the message with a duration in keeping with the duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproduction control unit is operable when the duration of the input operation exceeds a fourth threshold, to reproduce the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction longer than the duration of the input operation.

8. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image;

recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation;

reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit, wherein the display unit is configured to allow a plurality of users to interface with an information processing apparatus to publicly display the recorded messages on the display unit;

recording a state of the input operation; and

processing and reproducing the message in accordance with the state of the input operation,

wherein the recording records a duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproducing reproduces animation of the message with a duration in keeping with the duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproducing is operable when the duration of the input operation exceeds a first threshold, to reproduce the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction shorter than the duration of the input operation.

9. A nontransitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute:

a process acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image;

a process recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation;

a process reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit, wherein the display unit is configured to allow a plurality of users to interface with an information processing apparatus to publicly display the recorded messages on the display unit;

a process recording a state of the input operation; and

a process processing and reproducing the message in accordance with the state of the input operation,

wherein the recording records a duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproducing reproduces animation of the message with a duration in keeping with the duration of the input operation, and

wherein the reproducing is operable when the duration of the input operation exceeds a first threshold, to reproduce the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction shorter than the duration of the input operation.