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US 9,753,560 B2Granted
Input processing apparatus
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorTakayoshi Okuno
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Abstract
An input processing apparatus, including a consecutive input operation interval detector that detects a time interval between consecutive input operations received at the input processing apparatus; and an information processing unit that conducts information processing based on the detected time interval.
Claims11
An input processing apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry configured to detect a time interval between consecutive input operations received at the input processing apparatus and conduct information processing based on the detected time interval;
- a touch panel display device configured to display at least one icon corresponding to an application;
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- a detector configured to detect a touch or tap operation by an object received at the touch panel display device as an input operation, the detector being configured to detect a position of each of the consecutive input operations received at the input processing apparatus relative to the displayed icon,
- wherein the circuitry conducts information processing corresponding to the application based on the detected position of each of the consecutive input operations received at the displayed icon,
- wherein the circuitry is configured to determine that the consecutive input operations constitute a double tap operation combined to correspond to a single type of information processing when the time interval is less than or equal to a first predetermined threshold and the consecutive input operations are received at the displayed icon, and determine that each of the consecutive input operations constitute a separate single tap operation which are not to be combined to correspond to the single type of information processing when the time interval is longer than the first predetermined threshold,
- wherein when the time interval is less than the first predetermined threshold to indicate the double tap operation, the circuitry determines whether or not the double tap operation corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined double tap operation speeds based on the detected time interval, and the circuitry performs one of predetermined different layered information processing operations of the application based on which of the plurality of predetermined double tap operation speeds is determined, wherein at least one of the layered information processing operations includes transitioning the application from the displayed icon state to an activated application state in which a menu of a plurality of functions related to the application is displayed, and at least one of the layered information processing operations includes transitioning the application directly from the displayed icon state to an activated application state in which one of the plurality of functions is opened while bypassing the display of the menu of the plurality of functions.
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A method, implemented on an input processing apparatus having a touch panel display device, comprising:
- displaying, by the touch panel display device, at least one icon corresponding to an application
- detecting a time interval between consecutive input operations received at the input processing apparatus;
- conducting information processing based on the detected time interval;
- wherein the detecting includes detecting a touch or tap operation by an object received at the touch panel display device as an input operations, and detecting a position of each of the consecutive input operations received at the input processing apparatus relative to the displayed icon,
- and the conducting further includes conducting information processing corresponding to the application based on the detected position of each of the consecutive input operations received at the displayed icon, and
- determining that the consecutive input operations constitute a double tap operation combined to correspond to a single type of information processing when the time interval is less than or equal to a first predetermined threshold and the consecutive input operations are received at the displayed icon, and determining that each of the consecutive input operations constitute a separate single tap operation which are not to be combined to correspond to the single type of information processing when the time interval is longer than the first predetermined threshold,
- wherein when the time interval is less than the first predetermined threshold to indicate the double tap operation, the method includes determining whether or not the double tap operation corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined double tap operation speeds based on the detected time interval, and performing one of predetermined different layered information processing operations of the application based on which of the plurality of predetermined double tap operation speeds is determined, wherein at least one of the layered information processing operations includes transitioning;
- the application from the displayed icon state to an activated application state in which a menu of a plurality of functions related to the application is displayed, and at least one of the layered information processing operations includes transitioning the application directly from the displayed icon state to an activated application state in which one of the plurality of functions is opened while bypassing the display of the menu of the plurality of functions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.