IP Library Granted Patent US 12,050,731
Granted Patent B2
US 12,050,731 · App. 18/448,170 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, recording medium, and control method

Inventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki (Kanagawa, JP); Keiichi Yoshitomi (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshitsugu Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Kazunori Yamamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F3/016G06F3/03545G06F3/0416G06F3/167
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Patent No.
US 12,050,731
App. No.
18/448,170
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus and an input device, where the input device includes a vibrating unit, the information processing apparatus includes a touch sensor and a display unit, and the touch sensor and the display unit are superimposed on each other. A controller of the information processing apparatus or the input device monitors input operation of the input device to the touch sensor to enable a sound mode when detecting a sound output request, and to enable a vibration mode when detecting the input operation, the sound mode is a drive mode to cause the vibrating unit to present sound, and the vibration mode is a drive mode to vibrate the vibrating unit in response to contact of the input device with the touch sensor.

Claims (24)

1. An information processing system comprising

an information processing apparatus and an input device, where the input device includes a vibrating unit, the information processing apparatus includes a touch sensor and a display unit, and the touch sensor and the display unit are superimposed on each other, wherein

a controller of the information processing apparatus or the input device monitors input operation of the input device to the touch sensor to enable a sound mode when detecting a sound output request, and to enable a vibration mode when detecting the input operation,

the sound mode is a drive mode to cause the vibrating unit to present sound, and

the vibration mode is a drive mode to vibrate the vibrating unit in response to contact of the input device with the touch sensor.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller detects, as the sound output request, a sound setting for the input device.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller disables the sound mode when the input operation is not detected continuously for a certain amount of time and when a sound signal is not supplied to the vibrating unit.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller enables the sound mode when detecting the sound output request without detecting the input operation, and

the controller disables the sound mode when detecting the input operation.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the input device further includes a contact detection unit to detect contact, and

the controller switches the activation of the sound mode when the contact is detected.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising

a controller, a touch sensor, and a display unit, where the touch sensor and the display unit are superimposed on each other, wherein

the controller monitors input operation of an input device to the touch sensor to enable a sound mode when detecting a sound output request, and to enable a vibration mode when detecting the input operation,

the sound mode is a drive mode to cause a vibrating unit of the input device to present sound, and

the vibration mode is a drive mode to vibrate the vibrating unit in response to contact of the input device with the touch sensor.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to claim 6 .

8. A control method for an information processing system including an information processing apparatus and an input device, where the input device includes a vibrating unit, the information processing apparatus includes a touch sensor and a display unit, and the touch sensor and the display unit are superimposed on each other, the control method comprising:

a step of causing a controller of the information processing apparatus or the input device to monitor input operation of the input device to the touch sensor; and

a step of causing the controller to enable a sound mode when detecting a sound output request, and to enable a vibration mode when detecting the input operation, wherein

the sound mode is a drive mode to cause the vibrating unit to present sound, and

the vibration mode is a drive mode to vibrate the vibrating unit in response to contact of the input device with the touch sensor.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0977 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2023
From: YAMAZAKI, MITSUHIRO; YOSHITOMI, KEIICHI; SUZUKI, YOSHITSUGU; YAMAMURA, KAZUNORI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 064670/0495 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-150232 · Sep 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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