# US 12,223,161 B2 · 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 > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,161 B2 - Document ID: US12223161B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/581,979 - Filed: 2022-01-24 - Published: 2022-05-12 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-15 - Assignees: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS - Applicants: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS - Inventors: Reiko Miyazaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223161B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons - G06F 2203/04807: Pen manipulated menu - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## 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 ### Claim 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein display items of the first type include icons arranged in a vertical row. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the manipulation body is a finger. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein display items of the first type include icons arranged in a vertical row. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) 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. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the manipulation body is a finger. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) 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. ### Claim 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. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19, wherein display items of the first type include icons arranged in a vertical row.