Electronic device, computer-implemented method and computer-implemented computer-readable storage medium
OwnerTomoya NARITA, Ritsuko Kano +1inventors
InventorsTomoya NARITA, Ritsuko Kano, Shunichi Kasahara
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Abstract
An interface is provided that employs systems and methods for detecting non-contact motion and contact motion of an operation member. The interface detects non-contact motion of an operation member and determines whether the member has crossed a boundary. In response to detecting that the operation member has crossed a boundary, the interface may initiate the execution of a process. This process may be the display of a second boundary, or some other process. The interface may also detect contact motion of the operation member and initiate execution of a process based on the contact motion.
Claims24
An electronic device, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- a display;
- and
- an interface configured to
- detect non-contact motion of an operation member,
- determine, from the detected motion, whether the member crosses a first boundary defined by the display, and
- initiate execution of a first process by the processor, when it is determined that the member crosses the first boundary.
A method comprising:
- detecting non-contact motion of an operation member;
- determining, from the detected motion, whether the member crosses a first boundary defined by a display;
- and
- initiating execution of a first process by a processor, when it is determined that the member crosses the first boundary.
A tangibly embodied non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for a user interface, the method comprising:
- detecting non-contact motion of an operation member;
- determining, from the detected motion, whether the member crosses a first boundary defined by a display;
- and
- initiating execution of a first process by a processor, when it is determined that the member crosses the first boundary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.