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.
Claims14
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;
- a key-assignment control means for changing a key assignment in the key input section in response to the user's finger contact, operation detected by the coordinate input section;
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- a designated-area storage means for storing content of a designated area,
- wherein the coordinate input section designates the area when a predetermined key is pressed and then released in the key input section.
A control method for an information processing unit including a key input section and a coordinate input section for performing an operation according to a user input operation, the control method comprising:
- determining whether the user input operation has been performed for the key input section;
- detecting contact of a user's finger on the coordinate input section;
- performing a process according to a position of the contact of the user's finger on the coordinate input section;
- interpreting the user input 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;
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- storing content of a designated area,
- wherein the coordinate input section designates the area when a predetermined key is pressed and then released in the key input section.
A computer readable medium having a program for causing a computer to perform a control method in response to a user input operation on a key input section and a coordinate input section, the method comprising:
- determining whether the user input operation has been performed for the key input section;
- detecting contact of a user's finger on the coordinate input section;
- performing a process according to a position of the contact of the user's finger on the coordinate input section;
- interpreting the user input 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;
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- storing content of a designated area;
- wherein the coordinate input section designates the area when a predetermined key is pressed and then released in the key input section.
An information processing method for executing predetermined processing in response to a user input, comprising the steps of:
- receiving key input information according to a user's key input operation on a key input means;
- receiving coordinate input information according to a user's finger contact operation on a coordinate input means;
- recognizing the user input based on the received key input and the coordinate input information, wherein key assignment of the key input information is changed when the received coordinate input information is in a predefined state;
- executing the processing in response to the recognized user input;
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- storing content of a designated area,
- wherein a coordinate input section designates the area when a predetermined key is pressed and then released in the key input section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.