Information processing unit, control method for information processing unit for performing operation according to user input operation, and computer program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorJunichi Rekimoto
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Abstract
A keyboard mode is switched according to the determination of a finger contact on a touch sensitive pad to assign mouse buttons to specific keys, such as the F and J keys, on the keyboard. The user can use the touch sensitive pad without separating the hands from the home positions. Keys other than the F and J keys can be substituted for the mouse buttons as desired. The touch sensitive pad can be used as a shift key, and the function thereof can be temporarily assigned to a key on the keyboard.
Claims16
An information processing unit for executing predetermined processing in response to a user input, comprising:
- a key input section provided with a plurality of keys, for inputting data assigned to a pressed key;
- a coordinate input section for performing a coordinate input according to a user's finger contact operation;
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- key-assignment control means for changing key assignment in the key input section according to the result of detection of a user's finger contact, obtained by the coordinate input section.
A control method for an information processing unit provided with a key input section and a coordinate input section, for performing an operation according to a user input operation, the control method comprising:
- a step of determining whether a user operation has been performed for the key input section;
- a step of detecting the contact of a user's finger on the coordinate input section;
- a step of performing a process according to the position of the contact of the user's finger on the coordinate input section;
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- a step of interpreting the user operation performed for the key input section according to whether or not the contact of the user's finger on the coordinate input section has occurred.
A computer program having described, in a computer readable format, an operation performed to a user input operation, of a computer system provided with a key input section and a coordinate input section, the computer program comprising:
- a step of determining whether a user operation has been performed for the key input section;
- a step of detecting the contact of a user's finger on the coordinate input section;
- a step of performing a process according to the position of the contact of the user's finger on the coordinate input section;
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- a step of interpreting the user operation performed for the key input section according to whether or not the contact of the user's finger on the coordinate input section has occurred.
An information processing method for executing predetermined processing in response to a user input, comprising steps of;
- receiving key input information according to user's key input operation on key input means;
- receiving coordinate input information according to user's finger contact operation on coordinate input means;
- recognizing the user input based on the received key input and coordinate input information, wherein the key assignment of the key input information being changed when the received coordinate input information is in predefined state;
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- executing the processing in response to the recognized user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.