US 2014/0210748 A1 · INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD

Information processing apparatus, system and method

AssigneePanasonic Corporation

InventorsAtsushi NARITA, Kazunari FUJIWARA, Ryuji MIKI, Masami YOKOTA, Eric CHAN, Shigeru NATSUME, Silas WARREN, Simon ENEVER, Hao HUANG, Ryoichi YAGI, Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Takeshi SHIMAMOTO, Seiji KUBO, Tomoo KIMURA, Hiromichi NISHIYAMA, Shogo MIKAMI

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus 10a according to the present disclosure includes: a touchscreen panel 14 on which video is displayed and which accepts an operation that has been performed by a user; a detector 21 which detects the operation that has been performed by the user on the touchscreen panel 14; and a processor 20 which performs processing in response to the operation. If the user has performed the operation using a polyhedron input interface device 10b which has a plurality of sides in mutually different shapes, the detector 21 detects the shape of an area in which the input interface device 10b is in contact with the touchscreen panel to determine which side of the polyhedron has been used to perform the operation, and the processor 20 carries out processing that is associated with the side that has been used.

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Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

a touchscreen panel on which video is displayed and which accepts an operation that has been performed by a user;
a detector which detects the operation that has been performed by the user on the touchscreen panel;
and
a processor which performs processing in response to the operation,
wherein if the user has performed the operation using a polyhedron input interface device which has a plurality of sides in mutually different shapes, the detector detects the shape of an area in which the input interface device is in contact with the touchscreen panel to determine which side of the polyhedron has been used to perform the operation, and the processor carries out processing that is associated with the side that has been used.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application

14/164,404Filed 27 Jan 2014

Priority

JP 2013-26781125 Dec 2013

Published

31 Jul 2014

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Classification7 codes

G06F 3/0354
Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor: with detection of…
G06F 3/03
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for converting the position…
G06F 3/03545
With detection of two-dimensional [2D] relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D…
G06F 3/038
Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor: control and interface…