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US 10,379,727 B2Granted
Moving an object by drag operation on a touch panel
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHayato Uenohara, Satoshi Yokoyama
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHayato Uenohara, Satoshi Yokoyama
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A contact state of a finger with respect to a first displayed object is detected. In response to detecting a double-click operation on the first displayed object at a first position in a depthwise direction, the first displayed object is moved onto a surface of a display screen of a three-dimensional (3-D) display. In response to detecting that the finger has moved from the contact state to a proximity state with respect to the first displayed object, a display position of the first displayed object is changed from the surface of the display screen to a depth position at which a second object is displayed at a nearest side in the depthwise direction among displayed objects. The second object remains displayed at the depth position beside the first object.
A method for moving an object displayed with a feeling of depth on a three-dimensional (3-D) display by an information processing apparatus connected to a 3-D touch panel capable of data communication therewith, comprising:
An apparatus connected to a three-dimensional (3-D) touch panel capable of data communication therewith for moving an object displayed with a feeling of depth on a 3-D display, the apparatus comprising:
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code for moving an object displayed with a feeling of depth on a three-dimensional (3-D) display by an information processing apparatus connected to a 3-D touch panel capable of data communication therewith, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form: digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads,…
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: digitisers structurally integrated in a display
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: by capacitive means
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The present invention relates to moving an object by a drag operation on a touch panel where contact and proximity of a finger or the positions of the finger at contact and proximity may be detected.
Information processing apparatuses equipped with a touch panel have recently been developed. A touch panel allows the user to intuitively operate information by direct contact with the display.
In accord with certain implementations, a method for moving a displayed object among a plurality of display layers by an information processing apparatus connected to a three-dimensional (3-D) touch panel capable of data communication therewith, involves detecting a contact state of a finger with respect to an object displayed on a first layer; in response to detecting that the finger has moved from the contact state to a proximity state with respect to the object and in response to the finger reaching a second layer displayed nearer than the first layer, moving the object onto the second layer; and displaying the object on the second layer.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to a first example of an implementation of the present subject matter.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a 3-D touch panel according to the first example implementation of the present subject matter.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the first example implementation of the present subject matter.
An apparatus connected to a three-dimensional (3-D) touch panel capable of data communication therewith for moving a displayed object among a plurality of layers or for moving an object displayed with a feeling of depth according to embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described hereinbelow with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the example embodiments below do not limit the present subject matter described in the claims and all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are possible solutions. The word “Figure” is used below instead of the abbreviation “FIG.” for the drawings.
It is also to be understood that the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be limited to the descriptions of the example embodiments. The same components are given the same reference designators throughout the examples.
Although the following examples are described when applied to an apparatus in which a computer system implements a computer program, it should be noted that part of the present subject matter may be embodied as a computer program that may be executed by a computer. Accordingly, the present subject matter may be embodied as hardware, which is an apparatus connected to a 3-D touch panel, so as to be capable of data communication therewith for moving a displayed object among a plurality of layers or an apparatus for moving an object displayed with a feeling of depth, software, or a combination of hardware and software. The computer program may be stored in any computer-readable recording media, such as a hard disk, a DVD, a CD, an optical storage unit, and a magnetic storage unit.