IP Library Granted Patent US 9,280,265
Granted Patent B2
US 9,280,265 · App. 13/609,509 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Input control device, input control method, and input control program for controlling display target upon receiving input on display screen of display device

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Patent No.
US 9,280,265
App. No.
13/609,509
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game device includes: a display control unit that displays a plurality of display targets on a display screen of a display device; an input acquiring unit that acquires a position of input from a front touch panel or a rear touch panel, which can detect input on the display screen; and a movement control unit that defines as a target to be moved a display target displayed by the display control unit on the display screen at a position corresponding to the position of a first input entry acquired by the input acquiring unit, and operative to scroll a display target other than the target to be moved in accordance with a second input entry acquired by the input acquiring unit while keeping the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry.

Claims (30)

1. An input control program embedded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, allowing a computer to function as:

a display control unit operative to display a plurality of display targets on a display screen of a display device;

an acquiring unit operative to acquire a position of input from an input device, which can detect input on the display screen; and

a movement control unit operative to define as a target to be moved a display target displayed by the display control unit on the display screen at a position corresponding to the position of a first input entry acquired by the acquiring unit, and operative to scroll a display target other than the target to be moved in accordance with a second input entry acquired by the acquiring unit while keeping the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry,

wherein the first input entry is made on a front touch panel or a rear touch panel and the second input entry is made on the other ouch panel, and

wherein the second input entry is made at any location on the front touch panel or the rear touch panel.

2. The input control program according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring unit acknowledges as the first input entry an input entry made for a time period greater than or equal to a predetermined time period at the position corresponding to the display position of the target to be moved on the front touch panel or the rear touch panel,

wherein the front touch panel is provided with the display screen of the display device and the rear touch panel is provided on the backside of the display screen.

3. The input control program according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring unit acknowledges as the first input entry input entries made concurrently at positions corresponding to the display position of the target to be moved on the front touch panel and the rear touch panel,

wherein the front touch panel is provided with the display screen of the display device and the rear touch panel is provided on the backside of the display screen.

4. The input control program according to claim 2 , wherein the acquiring unit acknowledges as the first input entry an input entry on either of the front touch panel or the rear touch panel, and acknowledges as the second input entry flick input, drag input, or swipe input on the other touch panel.

5. The input control program according to claim 3 , wherein the acquiring unit acknowledges as the second input entry flick input, drag input, or swipe input on either of the front touch panel or the rear touch panel.

6. The input control program according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit displays, during a period while the movement control unit keeps the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry, the target to be moved in a manner different from that of other period.

7. The input control program according to claim 2 , wherein the display control unit displays, during a period while the movement control unit keeps the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry, the target to be moved in a manner different from that of other period.

8. The input control program according to claim 3 , wherein the display control unit displays, during a period while the movement control unit keeps the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry, the target to be moved in a manner different from that of other period.

9. The input control program according to claim 4 , wherein the display control unit displays, during a period while the movement control unit keeps the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry, the target to be moved in a manner different from that of other period.

10. The input control program according to claim 5 , wherein the display control unit displays, during a period while the movement control unit keeps the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry, the target to be moved in a manner different from that of other period.

11. An input control device comprising:

a display control unit operative to display a plurality of display targets on a display screen of a display device;

an acquiring unit operative to acquire a position of input from an input device, which can detect input on the display screen; and

a movement control unit operative to define as a target to be moved a display target displayed by the display control unit on the display screen at a position corresponding to the position of a first input entry acquired by the acquiring unit, and operative to scroll a display target other than the target to be moved in accordance with a second input entry acquired by the acquiring unit while keeping the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry,

wherein the first input entry is made on a front touch panel or a rear touch panel and the second input entry is made on the other touch panel, and

wherein the second input entry is made at any location on the front touch panel or the ear touch panel.

12. An input control method comprising:

displaying a plurality of display targets on a display screen of a display device;

acquiring a position of input from an input device, which can detect input on the display screen; and

defining as a target to be moved a display target displayed on the display screen at a position corresponding to the position of a first input entry acquired, and scrolling a display target other than the target to be moved in accordance with a second input entry acquired while keeping the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry,

wherein the first input entry is made on a front touch panel or a rear touch panel and the second input entry is made on the other ouch panel, and

wherein the second input entry is made at any location on the front touch panel or the rear touch panel.

13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium encoded with the program according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2015
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037086/0809 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: MOCHIZUKI, ARITO; KITAYAMA, TOMOYA; IMADA, YOSHIYUKI; PROFITT, PHILLIP
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 028933/0300 →