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US 2012/0236022 A1Published application
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsFuminori HOMMA, Tatsushi Nashida
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Abstract
A method is provided for generating notifications. The method comprises obtaining position information of an operating member. The method further comprises determining an operation area based on the position information. The method also comprises generating a notification when the determined operation area corresponds to an edge region of a surface of a device.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit configured to obtain position information of an operating member;
- an area determination unit configured to determine an operation area of the apparatus based on the position information;
- and
- an edge notification unit configured to generate a notification when the determined operation area corresponds to an edge region of a surface of the apparatus.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining position information of an operating member;
- determining an operation area based on the position information;
- and
- generating a notification when the determined operation area corresponds to an edge region of a surface of a device.
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A tangibly embodied non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to perform a method, comprising:
- obtaining position information of an operating member;
- determining an operation area based on the position information;
- and
- generating a notification when the determined operation area corresponds to an edge region of a surface of a device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- processing means for obtaining position information of an operating member;
- area determining means for determining an operation area of the apparatus based on the position information;
- and
- edge notifying means for generating a notification when the determined operation area corresponds to an edge region of a surface of the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.