# US 2008/0189630 A1 · Information processing apparatus, display control method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0189630 A1 - Document ID: US20080189630A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/955,877 - Filed: 2007-12-13 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2007-01-05 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Hirohito KONDO; Akari Hoshi; Satoshi Akagawa; Tomohiro Tsuyuhara; Zhezhu Jin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080189630A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0346: with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 2203/0384: Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus includes a detector and a display controller. The detector detects a user operation performed by using a first input interface and a user operation performed by using a second input interface. When the detector detects that an operation using the second input interface has been performed while a predetermined screen is displayed on the basis of detection of an operation using the first input interface, the display controller changes the predetermined screen to a screen containing an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: detecting means for detecting a user operation performed by using a first input interface and a user operation performed by using a second input interface; and display control means for changing, when the detecting means detects that an operation using the second input interface has been performed while a predetermined screen is displayed on the basis of detection of an operation using the first input interface, the predetermined screen to a screen containing an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control means newly displays a button as an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, of images constituting a menu displayed as the predetermined screen, the display control means highlights a particular image as an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the detecting means detects that an operation using the second input interface has been performed, the display control means further displays a pointer that is moved according to an operation using the second input interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first input interface is a remote control and the second input interface is a mouse. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a state in which no operation using the second input interface takes place has continued for a predetermined period of time after the change of the predetermined screen, the display control means changes the screen containing an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface back to the predetermined screen. ### Claim 7 A display control method comprising the steps of: detecting a user operation performed by using a first input interface and a user operation performed by using a second input interface; and changing, when it is detected that an operation using the second input interface has been performed while a predetermined screen is displayed on the basis of detection of an operation using the first input interface, the predetermined screen to a screen containing an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface. ### Claim 8 A program causing a computer to execute processing comprising the steps of: detecting a user operation performed by using a first input interface and a user operation performed by using a second input interface; and changing, when it is detected that an operation using the second input interface has been performed while a predetermined screen is displayed on the basis of detection of an operation using the first input interface, the predetermined screen to a screen containing an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface. ### Claim 9 An information processing apparatus comprising: a detector that detects a user operation performed by using a first input interface and a user operation performed by using a second input interface; and a display controller that changes, when the detector detects that an operation using the second input interface has been performed while a predetermined screen is displayed on the basis of detection of an operation using the first input interface, the predetermined screen to a screen containing an object indicating that the object can be operated by an operation using the second input interface.