IP Library Granted Patent US 11,048,404
Granted Patent B2
US 11,048,404 · App. 16/690,145 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Inventors: Osamu Harada (Kanagawa, JP); Takeo Doi (Tokyo, JP); Junji Itoyama (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,048,404
App. No.
16/690,145
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes an operation unit, a movement amount correction unit, and a display control unit. The operation unit is configured to acquire a drag operation on a display unit. The movement amount correction unit is configured to increase a movement amount of the drag operation. The display control unit is configured to control the display unit according to the increased movement amount.

Claims (28)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to detect a drag operation of a user;

a display; and

a processor configured to

control the display to display at least one of a plurality of home screens on which icons for starting up applications are arranged,

determine, from the drag operation, a movement amount for switching among the plurality of home screens so that a scroll amount of the displayed home screen is consistent with the movement amount of the drag operation, and

control a scrolling among the plurality of home screens on the display based on the determined movement amount for switching among the plurality of home screens such that at least a part of each of the two of the home screens is displayed simultaneously,

wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display simultaneously a first graphical representation indicating the plurality of home screens and a second graphical representation, the second graphical representation indicating a location of a home screen currently being displayed on the display relative to the plurality of home screens; and

wherein the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation are displayed on the display to be smaller than and to be outside the home screen currently being displayed on the display.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation are displayed on the display such that the second graphical representation is superimposed on the first graphical representation.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation are displayed on the display to be separated in a vertical direction from the home screen currently being displayed on the display.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to

receive an input made by the user on a location of the touch screen corresponding to a location at which the first graphical representation is displayed on the display;

determine, from the input, which one of the plurality of home screens should be displayed; and

control the display to display the determined one of the plurality of home screens.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first graphical representation comprises a plurality of elements, each of the plurality of elements representing one of the plurality of home screens.

6. A method performed using an information processing apparatus comprising a touch screen configured to detect a drag operation of a user, a display, and a processor, the method comprising:

controlling the display to display at least one of a plurality of home screens on which icons for starting up applications are arranged,

determining, from the drag operation, a movement amount for switching among the plurality of home screens so that a scroll amount of the displayed home screen is consistent with the movement amount of the drag operation, and

controlling a scrolling among the plurality of home screens on the display based on the determined movement amount for switching among the plurality of home screens such that at least a part of each of the two of the home screens is displayed simultaneously,

wherein the display displays simultaneously a first graphical representation indicating the plurality of home screens and a second graphical representation, the second graphical representation indicating a location of a home screen currently being displayed on the display relative to the plurality of home screens; and

wherein the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation are displayed on the display to be smaller than and to be outside the home screen currently being displayed on the display.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed on an information processing apparatus comprising a touch screen configured to detect a drag operation of a user, a display, and a processor, control the information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

controlling the display to display at least one of a plurality of home screens on which icons for starting up applications are arranged,

determining, from the drag operation, a movement amount for switching among the plurality of home screens so that a scroll amount of the displayed home screen is consistent with the movement amount of the drag operation, and

controlling a scrolling among the plurality of home screens on the display based on the determined movement amount for switching among the plurality of home screens such that at least a part of each of the two of the home screens is displayed simultaneously,

wherein the display displays simultaneously a first graphical representation indicating the plurality of home screens and a second graphical representation, the second graphical representation indicating a location of a home screen currently being displayed on the display relative to the plurality of home screens; and

wherein the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation are displayed on the display to be smaller than and to be outside the home screen currently being displayed on the display.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061735/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 061642/0906 →