IP Library Granted Patent US 10,013,110
Granted Patent B2
US 10,013,110 · App. 15/806,631 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Information processing device, operation input method and operation input program

Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa (Tokyo, JP); Fuminori Homma (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G06F3/0416G02F1/13338G06F3/041G06F3/044G06F3/04883G06F2203/04101G06F2203/04104G06F2203/04108
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Patent No.
US 10,013,110
App. No.
15/806,631
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.

Claims (41)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display;

a touch panel; and

circuitry configured to

display a plurality of items on the display,

detect a touch scroll operation in which an operating object moves at least partially in a first direction while in contact with the touch panel,

scroll the plurality of items in the first direction in response to the detected touch scroll operation,

detect, subsequently to the detected touch scroll operation, a proximity scroll operation in which the operating object hovers over at least part of the plurality of items in proximity to the touch panel, and

continue to scroll, in response to the detected proximity scroll operation, the plurality of items in the first direction at a predetermined scroll speed while the operating object is in proximity to the touch panel.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the operating object includes a finger or a touch pen.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined scroll speed is a constant speed.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the proximity scroll operation is detected when the operating object hovering over at least part of the plurality of items in proximity to the touch panel is detected within a predetermined time after the touch scroll operation is performed.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined scroll speed is same as a speed at which the plurality of items is scrolled in response to the detected touch scroll operation.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of items is displayed on the display when the detected touch scroll operation is detected.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detected proximity scroll operation is detected based on a determination that the operating object is less than a first predetermined distance and greater than a second predetermined distance from the touch panel.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the detected proximity scroll operation is detected after the operating object moving at least partially in the first direction while in contact with the touch panel has stopped.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of items is scrolled in the first direction in response to the detected touch scroll operation while the operating object moves at least partially in the first direction while in contact with the touch panel.

10. An information processing method comprising:

displaying a plurality of items on a display;

detecting a touch scroll operation in which an operating object moves at least partially in a first direction while in contact with a touch panel;

scrolling the plurality of items in the first direction in response to the detected touch scroll operation;

detecting, subsequently to the detected touch scroll operation, a proximity scroll operation in which the operating object hovers over at least part of the plurality of items in proximity to the touch panel; and

continuing to scroll, in response to the detected proximity scroll operation, the plurality of items in the first direction at a predetermined scroll speed while the operating object is in proximity to the touch panel.

11. The information processing method of claim 10 ,

wherein the operating object includes a finger or a touch pen.

12. The information processing method of claim 10 ,

wherein the predetermined scroll speed is a constant speed.

13. The information processing method of claim 10 , wherein the proximity scroll operation is detected when the operating object hovering over at least part of the plurality of items in proximity to the touch panel is detected within a predetermined time after the touch scroll operation is performed.

14. The information processing method of claim 10 , wherein the predetermined scroll speed is same as a speed at which the plurality of items is scrolled in response to the detected touch scroll operation.

15. The information processing method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of items is displayed on the display when the detected touch scroll operation is detected.

16. The information processing method of claim 10 , wherein the detected proximity scroll operation is detected based on a determination that the operating object is less than a first predetermined distance and greater than a second predetermined distance from the touch panel.

17. The information processing method of claim 10 , wherein the detected proximity scroll operation is detected after the operating object moving at least partially in the first direction while in contact with the touch panel has stopped.

18. The information processing method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of items is scrolled in the first direction in response to the detected touch scroll operation while the operating object moves at least partially in the first direction while in contact with the touch panel.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store a program, the program comprising:

displaying a plurality of items on a display;

detecting a touch scroll operation in which an operating object moves at least partially in a first direction while in contact with a touch panel;

scrolling the plurality of items in the first direction in response to the detected touch scroll operation;

detecting, subsequently to the detected touch scroll operation, a proximity scroll operation in which the operating object hovers over at least part of the plurality of items in proximity to the touch panel; and

continuing to scroll, in response to the detected proximity scroll operation, the plurality of items in the first direction at a predetermined scroll speed while the operating object is in proximity to the touch panel.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061159/0410 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2017
From: MIYAZAWA, YUSUKE; HOMMA, FUMINORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044081/0987 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2010-009183 · Jan 19, 2010 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15332213 · Oct 24, 2016
Continuation 14033997 · Sep 23, 2013
Continuation 12930590 · Jan 11, 2011
Related Publication 20180067610A1 · Mar 8, 2018
Cited By (1)
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