IP Library Granted Patent US 10,387,026
Granted Patent B2
US 10,387,026 · App. 14/888,814 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Apparatus, method, computer-readable storage medium, and smartphone for causing scrolling of content in response to touch operations

Inventor: Yuuji Takimoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06F3/0485G06F3/0481G06F3/0482G06F3/0488G06F9/451
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Patent No.
US 10,387,026
App. No.
14/888,814
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system includes circuitry that causes a first scrolling of a displayed content region within its boundaries in response to a first user operation. The circuitry of the information processing system also causes a second scrolling of the displayed content region beyond its boundaries in response to a second user operation.

Claims (36)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to cause, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of a display, the display being a touchscreen display,

cause, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the information processing apparatus on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display, and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch operation includes a drag operation.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second touch operation includes a double-tap operation.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second scrolling corresponds to a downward scroll.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region and the status region.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is not possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the content region includes content corresponding to one of a document, a web page, an image, and an icon.

8. A method for an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

causing, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of a display, the display being a touchscreen display;

causing, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the information processing apparatus on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display; and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first touch operation includes a drag operation.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the second touch operation includes a double-tap operation.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the second scrolling corresponds to a downward scroll.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is possible in the second scrolling, scrolling the content region and the status region.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is not possible in the second scrolling, scrolling the content region.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the content region includes content corresponding to one of a document, a web page, an image, and an icon.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:

causing, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of a display, the display being a touchscreen display;

causing, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the information processing apparatus on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display; and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

16. A smartphone, comprising:

a touchscreen display; and

circuitry configured to

perform wireless communications,

cause, in response to a first touch operation, a first scrolling operation that scrolls content displayed in a content region of the touchscreen display,

cause, in response to a second touch operation, a second scrolling operation that displays and scrolls status information of a status of the smartphone on the display, an initial position of the second touch operation being beyond a boundary of the content region of the display, and

in response to a third touch operation that is positioned in a region that contains the status information and occurs while the status information is being displayed as part of the second scrolling operation, revert from continued scrolling of the status information in the second scrolling operation and instead display a notification.

17. The smartphone according to claim 16 , wherein the first touch operation includes a double-tap operation.

18. The smartphone according to claim 16 , wherein the second scrolling corresponds to a downward scroll.

19. The smartphone according to claim 16 , wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region and the status region.

20. The smartphone according to claim 16 , wherein, in response to a determination that a scroll of the status region is not possible in the second scrolling, the circuitry is configured to scroll the content region.

21. The smartphone according to claim 16 , wherein the content region includes content corresponding to one of a document, a web page, an image, and an icon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2015
From: TAKIMOTO, YUUJI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037039/0835 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-122746 · Jun 11, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160085401A1 · Mar 24, 2016
Cited By (1)
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