# US 10,768,806 B2 · Information processing device, information processing method, and program for displaying list items and changing hierarchical level of display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,806 B2 - Document ID: US10768806B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/016,077 - Filed: 2018-06-22 - Published: 2018-10-25 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-01 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Yu Murata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768806B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F 2203/04808: Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided is an information processing device including a detection unit configured to detect a user operation, and a display control unit configured to display a list including list items, and perform display of, in response to a detected user operation, causing new list items to gradually appear in the list. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: a display; a touch panel; and circuitry configured to control to display a first thumbnail, a second thumbnail, and a third thumbnail based on a first hierarchical level, on the display, detect, with the touch panel, a pinch-in operation which decreases a distance between two objects, or a pinch-out operation which increases a distance between two objects, change a hierarchical level based on granularity of information in response to an amount of the pinch-in operation or the pinch-out operation, cause the third thumbnail to gradually disappear based on a second hierarchical level when the amount of the detected pinch-in operation is a first amount, wherein the granularity of information of the first hierarchical level is of higher detail than the granularity of information of the second hierarchical level, cause the second thumbnail and the third thumbnail to gradually disappear based on a third hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-in operation is a second amount, wherein the first amount is smaller than the second amount, and the granularity of information of the second hierarchical level is of higher detail than the granularity of information of the third hierarchical level, cause a fourth thumbnail to gradually appear based on a fourth hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-out operation is a third amount, wherein the granularity of information of the first hierarchical level is of lower detail than the granularity of information of the fourth hierarchical level, and cause the fourth thumbnail and a fifth thumbnail to gradually appear based on a fifth hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-out operation is a fourth amount, wherein the third amount is smaller than the fourth amount, and the granularity of information of the fourth hierarchical level is of lower detail than the granularity of information of the fifth hierarchical level. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second thumbnail, the third thumbnail, the fourth thumbnail, and the fifth thumbnail are each caused to appear or disappear regardless of a pinch-in position or pinch-out position on the display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second thumbnail and the third thumbnail are each caused to disappear regardless of a pinch-in position on the display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fourth thumbnail and the fifth thumbnail are each caused to appear regardless of a pinch-out position on the display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gradual disappearance of the second thumbnail or the third thumbnail is displayed on the display as an animation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein all thumbnails in a same hierarchical level become a same size at a time of completion of the animation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the animation includes a shrinking of the second thumbnail or the third thumbnail. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gradual appearance of the fourth thumbnail or the fifth thumbnail is displayed on the display as an animation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein all thumbnails in a same hierarchical level become a same size at a time of completion of the animation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the animation includes an enlarging of the fourth thumbnail or the fifth thumbnail. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein additional thumbnails appear in a space between existing thumbnails displayed on the display. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry changes the hierarchical level based on the granularity of information and a fragmentation limit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry changes the hierarchical level based on the granularity of information in response to the amount of the pinch-in operation or the pinch-out operation and a speed of the pinch-in operation or the pinch-out operation. ### Claim 14 An information processing method comprising: displaying a first thumbnail, a second thumbnail, and a third thumbnail based on a first hierarchical level, on a display; detecting, with a touch panel, a pinch-in operation which decreases a distance between two objects, or a pinch-out operation which increases a distance between two objects; changing a hierarchical level based on granularity of information in response to an amount of the pinch-in operation or the pinch-out operation; causing the third thumbnail to gradually disappear based on a second hierarchical level when the amount of the detected pinch-in operation is a first amount, wherein the granularity of information of the first hierarchical level is of higher detail than the granularity of information of the second hierarchical level; causing the second thumbnail and the third thumbnail to gradually disappear based on a third hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-in operation is a second amount, wherein the first amount is smaller than the second amount, and the granularity of information of the second hierarchical level is of higher detail than the granularity of information of the third hierarchical level; causing a fourth thumbnail to gradually appear based on a fourth hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-out operation is a third amount, wherein the granularity of information of the first hierarchical level is of lower detail than the granularity of information of the fourth hierarchical level; and causing the fourth thumbnail and a fifth thumbnail to gradually appear based on a fifth hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-out operation is a fourth amount, wherein the third amount is smaller than the fourth amount, and the granularity of information of the fourth hierarchical level is of lower detail than the granularity of information of the fifth hierarchical level. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising: displaying a first thumbnail, a second thumbnail, and a third thumbnail based on a first hierarchical level, on a display; detecting, with a touch panel, a pinch-in operation which decreases a distance between two objects, or a pinch-out operation which increases a distance between two objects; changing a hierarchical level based on granularity of information in response to an amount of the pinch-in operation or the pinch-out operation; causing the third thumbnail to gradually disappear based on a second hierarchical level when the amount of the detected pinch-in operation is a first amount, wherein the granularity of information of the first hierarchical level is of higher detail than the granularity of information of the second hierarchical level; causing the second thumbnail and the third thumbnail to gradually disappear based on a third hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-in operation is a second amount, wherein the first amount is smaller than the second amount, and the granularity of information of the second hierarchical level is of higher detail than the granularity of information of the third hierarchical level; causing a fourth thumbnail to gradually appear based on a fourth hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-out operation is a third amount, wherein the granularity of information of the first hierarchical level is of lower detail than the granularity of information of the fourth hierarchical level; and causing the fourth thumbnail and a fifth thumbnail to gradually appear based on a fifth hierarchical level when an amount of the detected pinch-out operation is a fourth amount, wherein the third amount is smaller than the fourth amount, and the granularity of information of the fourth hierarchical level is of lower detail than the granularity of information of the fifth hierarchical level.