Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product for displaying different items to be processed according to different areas on a display in a locked state

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display screen;

a touch sensor configured to detect an interaction position of a manipulation body on the display screen, wherein the display screen includes a plurality of pre-defined different areas including at least a first area and a second area, wherein the first area is an area for starting up a first application, and the second area is an area for starting up a second application; and

circuitry configured to:

control contents of the display screen based on the interaction position of the manipulation body input from the touch sensor,

in response to a first manipulation of the manipulation body in the first area, begin to display a first set of icons for starting up the first application on the display screen in a locked state,

in response to a second manipulation of the manipulation body in the second area, begin to display a second set of icons for starting up the second application on the display screen in a locked state,

display a number amount of new information regarding an application that corresponds to a respective icon among the second set of icons displayed on the display screen,

wherein the second set of icons is different from the first set of icons,

wherein the locked state is a state where user manipulations other than a predetermined manipulation are invalidated,

wherein the first set of icons and the second set of icons are arranged in a vertical row,

wherein the first set of icons are a set of icons pre-selected before shipment of the information processing apparatus, and

wherein the user creates the second set of icons to be displayed by selecting icons one by one,

wherein the circuitry is configured to arrange the icons radially around a last contact position of the first manipulation on the display screen, and

wherein the circuitry is configured to execute a process related to the identified icon included in the icons in a case that a third manipulation is detected after said first manipulation within a predetermined period of time.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the display screen is at least one of a touch panel display and a proximity display.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

identify at least one of the icons based on a recognition result of a behavior of a user.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

when the direction of movement of the second manipulation is between respective icons, the display screen displays a home screen.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first manipulation is to authenticate a device owner, and

the second manipulation is to start up a process.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a case, wherein

the circuitry is configured to

detect a direction of the case, and

generate a signal for displaying different sets of icons depending on the direction of the case.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first manipulation is a press-and-hold manipulation that includes pressing and holding at a point of the display screen for a predetermined period of time.

8. An information processing method comprising:

detecting an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen, wherein the display screen includes a plurality of pre-defined different areas including at least a first area and a second area, wherein the first area is an area for starting up a first application, and the second area is an area for starting up a second application;

controlling contents of the display screen based on the interaction position of the manipulation body input from the touch sensor;

in response to a first manipulation of the manipulation body in the first area, begin displaying a first set of icons for starting up the first application on the display screen in a locked state; and

in response to a second manipulation of the manipulation body in the second area, begin displaying a second set of icons for starting up the second application on the display screen in a locked state,

wherein the second set of icons is different from the first set of icons,

wherein the locked state is a state where user manipulations other than a predetermined manipulation are invalidated,

wherein the first set of icons and the second set of icons are arranged in a vertical row,

wherein the first set of icons are a set of icons pre-selected before shipment of an information processing apparatus,

wherein the user creates the second set of icons to be displayed by selecting icons one by one,

arranging the icons radially around a last contact position of the first manipulation on the display screen, and

executing a process related to the identified icon included in the icons in a case that a third manipulation is detected after said first manipulation within a predetermined period of time.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the detecting the interaction position includes detecting the interaction position on one of a touch panel display and a proximity display.

10. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein:

the displaying includes displaying the arrangement of icons as an arrangement of icons.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that when executed by a processor perform an information processing method, the method comprising:

detecting an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen, wherein the display screen includes a plurality of pre-defined different areas including at least a first area and a second area, wherein the first area is an area for starting up a first application, and the second area is an area for starting up a second application;

controlling contents of the display screen based on the interaction position of the manipulation body input from the touch sensor;

in response to a first manipulation of the manipulation body in the first area, begin displaying a first set of icons for starting up the first application on the display screen in a locked state; and

in response to a second manipulation of the manipulation body in the second area, begin displaying a second set of icons for starting up the second application on the display screen in a locked state,

wherein the second set of icons is different from the first set of icons,

wherein the locked state is a state where user manipulations other than a predetermined manipulation are invalidated,

wherein the first set of icons and the second set of icons are arranged in a vertical row,

wherein the first set of icons are a set of icons pre-selected before shipment of an information processing apparatus, and

wherein the user creates the second set of icons to be displayed by selecting icons one by one,

arranging the icons radially around a last contact position of the first manipulation on the display screen, and

executing a process related to the identified icon included in the icons in a case that a third manipulation is detected after said first manipulation within a predetermined period of time.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to identify at least one of the icons based on position information.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to identify at least one of the icons based on time information.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to identify at least one of the icons based on information on a user's schedule.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to identify at least one of the icons based on a detection value of a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to display the first set of icons and the second set of icons at arbitrary positions on the display screen based according to a detected position on the display screen of the first manipulation.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first set of icons are preselected by a user.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to determine whether or not the second manipulation is detected within a predetermined period of time, and the process related to the icon is executed only when the second manipulation is determined to be detected within the predetermined period of time.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to start up a home application in a case no icon is specified by the second manipulation.

20. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to identify at least one of the icons based on a recognition result of jogging by the user.

21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the case the second manipulation is performed in the second area of the display screen, the circuitry causes a display of the second set of icons radially around the position in the display screen of the second manipulation.

22. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display screen has a rectangular shape.

23. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to end an unlock process in a case that said third manipulation is not detected within the predetermined period of time.

24. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to execute a process related to the identified icon included in the icons without displaying a home screen in a case that said third manipulation is detected within the predetermined period of time.

25. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to display a number amount of new information regarding an application that corresponds to a respective icon among the second set of icons displayed on the display screen.