IP Library Granted Patent US 9,792,016
Granted Patent B2
US 9,792,016 · App. 14/250,791 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Information processing apparatus and input control method

Inventor: Yoko Sakurai (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 9,792,016
App. No.
14/250,791
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit displays an object. A detection unit detects a touch operation on the display unit. A change unit widens a display space of the object while keeping a display size of the object when range selection of the object displayed on the display unit is performed through the touch operation.

Claims (25)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays objects;

a detection unit that detects a touch operation on the display unit; and

a change unit that widens, when range selection within the objects displayed on the display unit through a touch operation is started, a display space between the objects from an object that is positioned a predetermined length before a start position designated by the range selection with keeping a display size of each of the objects unchanged from the display size in which each of the objects is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended, wherein when selection of the start position or an end position for the range selection is repeated, the change unit widens the display space between the objects according to a number of repetitions.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the display unit displays a text as the objects, and

the change unit widens a display space between each character of the text with keeping a display size of a character of the text unchanged from the display size in which the character is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the change unit widens the display space between each word of the text.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the change unit widens a display space between each line of the text.

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

the display unit displays icons or thumbnails as the objects, and

the change unit widens a display space between the icons or the thumbnails with keeping a display size of the icons or the thumbnails unchanged from the display size in which the icons or the thumbnails are displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the change unit widens the display space when a value of the display space between the objects displayed on the display unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage unit that stores a set value of the display space changed by the change unit,

wherein the change unit changes the display space between the objects to the set value of the display space stored in the storage unit.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an input control program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

displaying objects on a display unit

widening, when range selection within the objects displayed on the display unit through a touch operation is started, a display space between the objects from an object that is positioned a predetermined length before a start position designated by the range selection with keeping a display size of each of the objects unchanged from the display size in which each of the objects is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended, and widening, when selection of the start position or an end position for the range selection is repeated, the display space between the objects according to a number of repetitions.

9. An input control method comprising:

displaying objects on a display unit

widening, when range selection within the objects displayed on the display unit through a touch operation is started, a display space between the objects from an object that is positioned a predetermined length before a start position designated by the range selection with keeping a display size of each of the objects unchanged from the display size in which each of the objects is displayed before the range selection is started, until the range selection is ended, and widening, when selection of the start position or an end position for the range selection is repeated, the display space between the objects according to a number of repetitions.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047609/0349 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2014
From: SAKURAI, YOKO
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033096/0677 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-109396 · May 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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