IP Library Granted Patent US 12,223,161
Granted Patent B2
US 12,223,161 · App. 17/581,979 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

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

Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
G06F3/04845G06F3/017G06F3/04817G06F3/0482G06F3/0488G06F3/04883H04M1/72469G06F2203/04807
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Patent No.
US 12,223,161
App. No.
17/581,979
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulation body on a display screen and a control unit configured to, if a first manipulation on the display screen in a locked state is detected, display, on the display screen, icons to be arranged based on a reference point indicating a position of the manipulation body when the first manipulation is completed, and if a second manipulation indicating a direction from the reference point is detected, start up an application corresponding to the icon specified by the second manipulation. An associated method and computer readable storage medium are also described.

Claims (36)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a touch sensor configured to detect an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen; and

processing circuitry configured to:

cause a display of display items in response to a first input manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen when the display screen is in a locked state; and

in response to a second input manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen in the locked state, execute a process corresponding to one of the display items selected by the second input manipulation after the first input manipulation;

wherein the display items are of a first type when a position of the first input manipulation is in a first area of the display screen in the locked state; and

wherein the display items are of a second type when a position of the first input manipulation is in a second area of the display screen in the locked state.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein display items of the first type include icons arranged in a vertical row.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a position of at least one of the first area or the second area is an edge of the display screen.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first input manipulation or the second input manipulation includes a touch operation on the display screen.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein there is no unlocking icon in the first or second area before the first input manipulation.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the locked state is a state where an input manipulation is restricted or a state where an unintended input manipulation is prevented.

7. 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.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the manipulation body is a finger.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first input 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.

10. An information processing method comprising:

detecting, by a touch sensor, an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen; and

causing, by a controller, a display of display items in response to a first input manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen when the display screen is in a locked state; and

in response to a second input manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen in the locked state, executing a process corresponding to one of the display items selected by the second input manipulation after the first input manipulation;

wherein the display items are of a first type when a position of the first input manipulation is in a first area of the display screen in the locked state; and

wherein the display items are of a second type when a position of the first input manipulation is in a second area of the display screen in the locked state.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein display items of the first type include icons arranged in a vertical row.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein a position of at least one of the first area or the second area is an edge of the display screen.

13. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the first input manipulation or the second input manipulation includes a touch operation on the display screen.

14. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein there is no unlocking icon in the first or second area before the first input manipulation.

15. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the locked state is a state where an input manipulation is restricted or a state where an unintended input manipulation is prevented.

16. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the display screen is at least one of a touch panel display and a proximity display.

17. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the manipulation body is a finger.

18. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the first input 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.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by processing circuitry cause the processing circuitry to execute an information processing method, the method comprising:

detecting an interaction position of a manipulation body on a display screen; and

causing a display of display items in response to a first input manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen when the display screen is in a locked state; and

in response to a second input manipulation of the manipulation body on the display screen in the locked state, executing a process corresponding to one of the display items selected by the second input manipulation after the first input manipulation;

wherein the display items are of a first type when a position of the first input manipulation is in a first area of the display screen in the locked state; and

wherein the display items are of a second type when a position of the first input manipulation is in a second area of the display screen in the locked state.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein display items of the first type include icons arranged in a vertical row.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2022
From: MIYAZAKI, REIKO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061364/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 060916/0316 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058822/0180 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-156530 · Jul 15, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
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