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Granted Patent B2
US 10,362,258 · App. 14/573,897 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Information processing to control a movement of a focus displayed on a display screen

Inventor: Shinpei Kameoka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04N5/4403G06F3/0482G06F3/04812G06F3/04883H04N21/42204H04N21/44222H04N2005/443
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Patent No.
US 10,362,258
App. No.
14/573,897
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes a control unit configured to discretely move a focus on a display screen according to a user's operation. Movement of the focus is limited according to a movement speed of the user's operation.

Claims (38)

1. A control device, comprising:

a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to:

determine that a movement amount of focus for a plurality of items of an application is limited to one item for each user operation, wherein the plurality of items corresponds to a series of setting screens of the application;

control, based on the determination, a display device to display a first item of the plurality of items on an entire surface of the display device;

receive an input signal that corresponds to a user operation;

output a command based on the determination and the input signal, wherein the command is configured to limit the movement amount of the focus on the display device; and

control the display device to switch the display of the first item to a second item of the plurality of items, based on the command, wherein

the second item is displayed on the entire surface of the display device,

the second item is subsequent to the first item in the series of setting screens of the application, and the second item replaces the first item on the entire surface of the display device based on the switch.

2. The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the input signal indicates a movement speed of the user operation, and

wherein the CPU is further configured to switch the focus from the first item to the second item, based on the movement speed of the user operation that is greater than or equal to a speed threshold value.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

determine an operation type of the user operation;

generate instruction information based on the operation type; and

control the display device to switch the display of the first item to the second item, based on the instruction information.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the CPU is further configured to move the focus by the movement amount of one frame, based on the instruction information.

5. A control method, comprising:

in a control device:

determining that a movement amount of focus for a plurality of items of an application is limited to one item for each user operation, wherein the plurality of items corresponds to a series of setting screens of the application;

controlling, based on the determination, a display device to display a first item of the plurality of items on an entire surface of the display device;

receiving an input signal that corresponds to a user operation;

outputting a command based on the determination and the input signal, wherein the command is configured to limit the movement amount of the focus on the display device; and

controlling the display device to switch the display of the first item to a second item of the plurality of items, based on the command, wherein

the second item is displayed on the entire surface of the display device, and

the second item is subsequent to the first item in the series of setting screens of the application, and the second item replaces the first item on the entire surface of the display device based on the switch.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

determining that a movement amount of focus for a plurality of items of an application is limited to one item for each user operation, wherein the plurality of items corresponds to a series of setting screens of the application;

controlling, based on the determination, a display device to display a first item of the plurality of items on an entire surface of the display device;

receiving an input signal that corresponds to a user operation;

outputting a command based on the determination and the input signal, wherein the command is configured to limit the movement amount of the focus on the display device; and

controlling the display device to switch the display of the first item to a second item of the plurality of items of the application, based on the command, wherein

the second item is displayed on the entire surface of the display device, and

the second item is subsequent to the first item in the series of setting screens of the application, and the second item replaces the first item on the entire surface of the display device based on the switch.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the command is one of a limit movement command to set the movement amount equal to one frame or a normal movement command to set the movement amount to greater than one frame.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

determine that the user operation corresponds to a movement distance of two or more items of the plurality of items; and

control the display device to limit the movement amount of the focus to one adjacent item of the plurality of items in response to the user operation based on the determination that the user operation corresponds to the movement distance of the two or more items.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2014
From: KAMEOKA, SHINPEI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034647/0113 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-272940 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150189215A1 · Jul 2, 2015