Granted Patent B2

US 9,110,579 · App. 13/187,922 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a control section, using the at least one processor, configured to cause, when dragging is carried out, an elongated cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and execute, where a direction from one end portion of the elongated cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to the other end portion of the elongated cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the elongated cursor, a process based on the linear direction of the elongated cursor for information displayed on the display section;

said control section is configured to change the information to be displayed on the display section when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters a predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging,

wherein said control section is configured to execute a process corresponding to the direction and the length of the elongated cursor for the information displayed on the display section,

wherein said control section

is configured to cause, from between first hierarchy information of a first hierarchy and second hierarchy information of a second hierarchy which is a higher hierarchy with respect to the first hierarchy, the first hierarchy information to be displayed on the display section, but

is configured to change, when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters the predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, and

wherein said control section is configured to return, if, after the information to be displayed on the display section is changed from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, the dragging is continued until the length of the elongated cursor becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the information to be displayed on the display section from the second hierarchy information to the first hierarchy information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first hierarchy information is a dynamic image while the second hierarchy information is an extracted image list configured from images extracted from the dynamic image, and

said control section

is configured to cause the dynamic image to be displayed on the display section,

is configured to change, when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters the predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the dynamic image to the extracted image list,

is configured to execute, when the dynamic image is displayed on the display section, a process of reproducing the dynamic image at a reproduction speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the elongated cursor, and

is configured to execute, when the extracted image list is displayed on the display section, a process of scrolling the extracted image list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the elongated cursor.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first hierarchy information is a track list configured from titles of tunes while the second hierarchy information is an album list configured from albums in which the tunes are collected, and

said control section

is configured to cause the track list to be displayed on the display section, changes, when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters the predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the track list to the album list,

is configured to execute, when the track list is displayed on the display section, a process of scrolling the track list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the elongated cursor, and

is configured to execute, when the album list is displayed on the display section, a process of scrolling the album list at a scroll speed corresponding to the direction and the length of the elongated cursor.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said control section is configured to erase, when the dragging comes to an end, the display of the elongated cursor and returns the information to be displayed on the display section to the first hierarchy information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said control section is configured to change, when the information to be displayed on the display section is changed from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information and then the dragging is continued until the other end portion of the elongated cursor goes out of the predetermined region and then enters the predetermined region again, the information to be displayed on the display section from the second hierarchy information to third hierarchy information of a third hierarchy which is a higher hierarchy with respect to the second hierarchy.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the region is set to an end portion of the screen.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , comprising an operation section using at least one processor, wherein the dragging is carried out through the operation section.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elongated cursor is an indicator used to show a position on the screen that will respond to input.

9. An information processing method, comprising:

causing, by a control section, when dragging is carried out, an elongated cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and executing, where a direction from one end portion of the elongated cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to the other end portion of the cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the elongated cursor, a process based on the linear direction of the elongated cursor for information displayed on the display section; and

changing, by the control section, the information to be displayed on the display section when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters a predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging,

wherein said control section is configured to execute a process corresponding to the direction and the length of the elongated cursor for the information displayed on the display section,

wherein said control section

is configured to cause, from between first hierarchy information of a first hierarchy and second hierarchy information of a second hierarchy which is a higher hierarchy with respect to the first hierarchy, the first hierarchy information to be displayed on the display section, but

is configured to change, when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters the predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, and

wherein said control section is configured to return, if, after the information to be displayed on the display section is changed from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, the dragging is continued until the length of the elongated cursor becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the information to be displayed on the display section from the second hierarchy information to the first hierarchy information.

10. The information processing method of claim 9 , wherein the dragging is carried out through an operation section.

11. The information processing method of claim 9 , wherein the elongated cursor is an indicator used to show a position on the screen that will respond to input.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus causes the processor to execute:

a step by a control section of causing, when dragging is carried out, an elongated cursor interconnecting a start point and an end point of the dragging to be displayed on a display section in response to the dragging and executing, where a direction from one end portion of the elongated cursor which is a start point side of the dragging to the other end portion of the elongated cursor which is an end point side of the dragging is determined as a direction of the elongated cursor, a process based on the linear direction of the elongated cursor for information displayed on the display section; and

a step by the control section of changing the information to be displayed on the display section when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters a predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging,

wherein said control section is configured to execute a process corresponding to the direction and the length of the elongated cursor for the information displayed on the display section,

wherein said control section

is configured to cause, from between first hierarchy information of a first hierarchy and second hierarchy information of a second hierarchy which is a higher hierarchy with respect to the first hierarchy, the first hierarchy information to be displayed on the display section, but

is configured to change, when the other end portion of the elongated cursor enters the predetermined region set on the screen by the dragging, the information to be displayed on the display section from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, and

wherein said control section is configured to return, if, after the information to be displayed on the display section is changed from the first hierarchy information to the second hierarchy information, the dragging is continued until the length of the elongated cursor becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the information to be displayed on the display section from the second hierarchy information to the first hierarchy information.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the dragging is carried out through an operation section.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the elongated cursor is an indicator used to show a position on the screen that will respond to input.

Assignments (9)