JP2015026141A - Information processing device, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reflect better an operation which a user desires on movement amount of a cursor.SOLUTION: An information processing device 10 includes: an accepting part 101 which accepts the operation of a user including position specification; a display control part 102 which controls display of a pointer on an external display screen, and in a case where the acceptance part 101 accepts a first operation while no pointer is being displayed, starts displaying of the pointer at a position specified by the first operation; an adjustment part 103, when the acceptance part 101 accepts a second operation while the display control part 102 is displaying the pointer, moves the pointer on the display screen according to the second operation; and a process execution part 104, in a case where a condition for establishing a position of the pointer is met while the display control part 102 is displaying the pointer, executes a process corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method.

  A pointing device capable of remote operation is used when an operation is performed on a display control device that is out of the reach of the user. The user can control the operation of the display control device using a pointing device. Here, the display control device is a device that configures an image to be displayed on the display device and displays the configured image on the display device. The display control device is a television (television receiver) (particularly, a display control function of the television). Part), a set top box (STB (Set Top Box)), a recording medium playback device (DVD player, etc.), or a PC (Personal Computer). The pointing device is, for example, a touch panel (touch pad), a gyro remote controller, or the like.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an image display device that allows a user to accurately grasp a designated position by pointing means. The image display device disclosed in Patent Literature 1 generates an image of a predetermined region including a specified position, and displays the generated enlarged image on a part of the display screen.

JP 2012-159699 A

  The operation amount (for example, the movement amount due to movement of the indicator on the touch panel) by the operation with the pointing device and the operation amount on the display screen corresponding to the above operation amount may not match the user's sense. There is a problem. That is, when the user moves the pointer on the display screen with the pointing device, the operation performed by the user may result in a result different from the user's intention. Specifically, the pointer may go too far beyond the location where the user intends to make the pointer arrive, or conversely, the pointer may not reach the location where the pointer is intended to arrive. That is, there is a problem that a cursor that is moved by a user operation moves to a location different from the user's intention.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus that better reflects a user's intended operation on the amount of movement of a cursor.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a reception unit that receives an operation by a user including designation of a position, and a display control unit that controls display of a pointer on an external display screen. A display control unit for starting display of the pointer at a position designated by the first operation when the reception unit receives the first operation when the pointer is not displayed; An adjustment unit that moves the pointer on the display screen according to the second operation when the reception unit receives a second operation while the control unit is displaying the pointer; A process execution unit that executes a process corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen when a condition for determining the position of the pointer is satisfied when the pointer is displayed Equipped with a.

  According to this, the information processing apparatus causes the user to visually recognize the pointer after accepting the first operation, and then visually recognizes the pointer that moves according to the operation by the user until the second operation is accepted. And the process corresponding to the display position of the pointer after a movement can be performed. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can better reflect the operation intended by the user on the movement amount of the cursor.

  For example, the adjustment unit calculates an adjustment movement amount obtained by multiplying a movement amount of the pointer determined from the position specified by the second operation received by the reception unit by a predetermined adjustment rate on the display screen. The pointer may be moved by the adjustment movement amount.

  According to this, the information processing apparatus can move the pointer on the display screen by the amount adjusted by the ratio determined by the adjustment rate for the operation amount by the user's operation.

  For example, the adjustment unit may calculate the adjustment movement amount using a value larger than 0 and smaller than 1 as the adjustment rate.

  According to this, the information processing apparatus can move the pointer on the display screen by the amount of movement that is reduced by multiplying the amount of operation by the user's operation by the adjustment rate. Since the amount of movement of the pointer on the display screen is smaller than the amount of movement by the user's operation, the user can finely adjust the position of the pointer on the display screen.

  For example, the information processing apparatus further includes a display unit, the reception unit receives an operation including a designation for a position on the display unit as the operation, and the display control unit (i) displays on the display screen. Displaying the pointer and an image, and displaying the image on the display unit; and (ii) when the receiving unit receives the second operation, the display unit receives the second operation. The display position of the image on the display unit is changed so that a part of the image displayed at the position on the display screen specified by the second operation is displayed at the position specified above. It is good.

  According to this, the information processing apparatus can make the operation position of the user coincide with the display position of the image displayed on the display unit by changing (shifting) the image displayed on the display unit.

  For example, the display control unit may further include: (i) a guide image including a position designated on the display unit when the first operation is received when the reception unit receives the first operation. An image displayed on the display unit and (ii) the guide image reduced at a predetermined adjustment rate may be displayed on the display screen.

  According to this, the information processing apparatus can make the user intuitively visually recognize the operation amount received by the reception unit and the movement amount having a planar display corresponding to the operation amount.

  For example, the image includes an image of an icon having a central part and a peripheral part, and the processing execution unit further includes a position specified by the first operation included in the central part of the icon. Regardless of whether or not the reception unit has received the second operation, a process corresponding to the position designated by the first operation may be executed.

  According to this, when the first operation is for the central part of the icon, the information processing apparatus can immediately execute the process corresponding to the button.

  For example, the reception unit includes a touch panel that receives the operation by detecting a contact position of the indicator, and the touch panel performs a touch operation on the touch panel when the pointer is not displayed. An operation that is accepted as an operation and a hold operation that follows the touch operation is accepted as the second operation, and the processing execution unit has a condition that the hold operation is terminated when the display control unit displays the pointer. When the condition is satisfied, a process corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen may be executed.

  According to this, the information processing apparatus can accept an operation from the user by a terminal equipped with a touch panel.

  For example, the reception unit includes an operation button and a gyro sensor that detects acceleration, and calculates a change amount of a relative position between the information processing apparatus and the display screen based on the acceleration detected by the gyro sensor. A position determined by integrating the calculated amount of change is accepted as the operation, and the accepting unit accepts pressing of the operation button when the pointer is not displayed as the first operation, and An operation received after one operation is received as the second operation, and the processing execution unit displays the display when the condition that the operation button is pressed while the pointer is displayed is satisfied as the condition. A process corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the screen may be executed.

  According to this, the information processing apparatus can accept an operation from the user by the terminal equipped with the gyro sensor.

  An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a reception step of receiving an operation by a user including designation of a position, and a display control step of controlling display of a pointer on an external display screen, wherein the pointer is A display control step for starting display of the pointer at a position designated by the first operation when the first operation is received in the reception step when not being displayed; and the pointer is moved in the display control step. When the second operation is accepted in the accepting step during display, the pointer is displayed in the adjustment step of moving the pointer on the display screen according to the second operation and the display control step. When the condition for determining the position of the pointer is satisfied, it corresponds to the display position of the pointer on the display screen And a process executing step of executing that process.

  Thereby, there exists an effect similar to said information processing apparatus.

  The present invention can be realized not only as an information processing apparatus including such a characteristic processing unit, but also as an information processing method including steps executed by the characteristic processing unit included in the information processing apparatus. Can be realized. Further, the present invention can be realized as a program for causing a computer to function as a characteristic processing unit included in the information processing apparatus or a program for causing a computer to execute characteristic steps included in an information processing method. Such a program can be distributed via a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) or a communication network such as the Internet. .

  According to the present invention, an operation intended by a user can be reflected better on the amount of movement of the cursor.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram including the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment and a display apparatus. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of pointer movement processing in the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the amount of movement of the pointer in the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the amount of movement of the pointer in the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a guide in the information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of regions in the information processing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram including the information processing apparatus according to the fifth embodiment and a display apparatus. FIG. 10 is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the amount of movement of the pointer in the information processing apparatus according to the fifth embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Each of the embodiments described below shows a preferred specific example of the present invention. The numerical values, shapes, materials, constituent elements, arrangement positions and connecting forms of the constituent elements, steps, order of steps, and the like shown in the following embodiments are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The invention is specified by the claims. Therefore, among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, constituent elements that are not described in the independent claims are not necessarily required to achieve the object of the present invention, but are described as constituting more preferable embodiments. Is done.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a system including an information processing apparatus and a display apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes an information processing device 10 and a display device 20. The information processing device 10 and the display device 20 can communicate with each other via the communication line 30.

  The information processing apparatus 10 receives an operation performed on the display device 20 by the user as operation information using the touch panel. In addition, the information processing apparatus 10 generates image data based on the received operation information, and transmits the generated image data to the display apparatus 20 via the communication line 30. The information processing apparatus 10 is realized by, for example, a smartphone (high function mobile phone).

  The display device 20 includes a display control unit (not shown) and a display screen 21. The display control unit receives image data from an external device or the information processing device 10 and displays the image data on the display screen 21. The display device 20 controls the display of the pointer on the display screen 21 according to the operation information received by the information processing device 10.

  The communication line 30 is a communication line that transmits and receives communication data between the information processing apparatus 10 and the display apparatus 20. The communication line 30 may be a wired network (for example, a wired LAN (Local Area Network) conforming to the IEEE 802.3 standard) or a wireless network (for example, a wireless LAN conforming to IEEE 802.11a, b, g). It may be a mixture of them. The communication line 30 may directly connect the information processing device 10 and the display device 20 or may indirectly connect via a relay device (router, access point, etc.). . The communication line 30 is, for example, WiFi-Display which is a communication link for image transmission on a wireless LAN.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a storage device 14, and operation buttons 15. A touch panel 16, a NIC (Network Interface Card) 17, and a display panel 18.

  The CPU 11 is a processor that executes a control program stored in the ROM 12.

  The ROM 12 is a read-only storage area that holds a control program and the like.

  The RAM 13 is a volatile storage area used as a work area used when the CPU 11 executes a control program.

  The storage device 14 is a non-volatile storage area that holds a control program or data read or written by the control program.

  The operation button 15 is a button that accepts a press by the user as an input.

  The touch panel 16 is a touch panel that receives a touch on the screen by the user as an input. The touch panel 16 may be made of a light-transmitting material and may be mounted on the display panel 18 in an overlapping manner.

  The NIC 17 is a communication interface that transmits communication data to the network or receives communication data from the network. The network to which the NIC 17 is connected may be a wired LAN that conforms to the IEEE 802.3 standard or the like, or a wireless LAN that conforms to the IEEE 802.11a, b, g standard, or the like.

  The display panel 18 is a device that configures and outputs a video signal.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a reception unit 101, a display control unit 102, an adjustment unit 103, a process execution unit 104, and a display unit 105.

  The accepting unit 101 accepts an operation including designation of a position by the user. Specifically, the accepting unit 101 accepts a touch input by the user on the touch panel 16 (an input by bringing the user's finger or other object into contact). Then, the coordinates where the touch input is made are acquired. The receiving unit 101 is realized by the CPU 11, the touch panel 16, and the like.

  The display control unit 102 controls display of a pointer on the display screen 21 of the display device 20. When the receiving unit 101 receives a predetermined operation (hereinafter referred to as “temporary position designation operation”) when the pointer is not displayed on the external display screen, the display control unit 102 performs the operation according to the operation. Display of the pointer to the specified position (hereinafter referred to as “temporary position”) is started. The display control unit 102 is realized by the CPU 11, the NIC 17, the display panel 18, and the like. The temporary position designation operation corresponds to the first operation.

  Specifically, the display control unit 102 is connected to the display device 20 via the communication line 30, and whether or not to display a pointer on the display device 20 (display screen 21) via the communication line 30; The display position when the pointer is displayed is controlled. Then, the display control unit 102 waits until the reception unit 101 receives a temporary position designation operation when the pointer is not displayed. Here, the temporary position designation operation is, for example, a touch input to the touch panel 16. In addition, the temporary position designation operation may be a press of a button mounted on the information processing apparatus 10. In that case, the position designated by the operation may be a predetermined position (for example, the center of the screen or the upper left corner of the screen). When the receiving unit 101 receives a predetermined operation when the display control unit 102 is not displaying a pointer, the display control unit 102 starts displaying the pointer at the position specified by the operation.

  When the receiving unit 101 receives a predetermined operation (hereinafter referred to as “adjustment operation”) while the display control unit 102 is displaying a pointer, the adjustment unit 103 moves the pointer on the display screen according to the operation. Move. Specifically, the adjustment unit 103 waits until the reception unit 101 receives the operation when the display control unit 102 is not displaying a pointer. If the receiving unit 101 receives the operation when the display control unit 102 is not displaying the pointer, the adjusting unit 103 moves the pointer to a position specified by the operation. Here, the adjustment unit 103 may calculate the adjustment movement amount obtained by multiplying the movement amount determined from the position designated by the operation by the adjustment rate, and move the pointer by the adjustment movement amount. The adjustment rate is a numerical value indicating a ratio in which the amount of movement accepted by the operation is reflected in the amount of movement of the pointer. If the adjustment rate is greater than 0 and less than 1, the amount of movement of the pointer can be made smaller than the amount of movement accepted by the operation. The user can finely adjust the position of the pointer during the period in which the pointer is displayed. When the user performs a hold operation on the touch panel 16 (an operation for moving the contact position while touching the touch panel) to specify a gradually moving position, the pointer is moved in correspondence with the specified position. Move gradually. The adjustment operation corresponds to the second operation. The adjustment unit 103 is realized by the CPU 11, the ROM 12, the RAM 13, and the like.

  The process execution unit 104 executes a process corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen when a predetermined condition is satisfied while the display control unit 102 displays the pointer. The predetermined condition is a condition for determining the position of the pointer on the display screen. For example, the end of the touch operation is detected. Further, multi-touch on the touch panel 16, double tap on the touch panel 16, predetermined operation (gesture) on the touch panel 16, pressing of a button of the information processing apparatus 10, elapse of a predetermined time from the temporary position specifying operation, and a predetermined amount A predetermined condition may be a touch input to a place separated by a large distance. “Processing” means information processing by an application (software) included in the information processing apparatus 10. For example, there are applications that display photos, documents, or websites, or applications that allow users to manage games, schedules, or communicate with other users. The process execution unit 104 is realized by the CPU 11, the ROM 12, the RAM 13, and the like.

  The display unit 105 is controlled by the display control unit 102 and displays an image. The display unit 105 is realized by the CPU 11, the display panel 18, and the like.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of pointer movement processing in the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the amount of movement of the pointer in the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment. FIG. 5A is an image displayed on the display unit 105 of the information processing apparatus 10, and icons 502 and the like (rectangular icons with numbers 1 to 6) indicating each of the six applications are shown. ing. FIG. 5B is an image displayed on the display screen 21 of the display device 20, and shows the same six icons as the image displayed on the display unit 105.

  First, in a state where no pointer is displayed on the display screen, when the receiving unit 101 receives a touch operation by the user, the receiving unit 101 sets a temporary position and starts displaying a pointer to the temporary position (step S401). ). Specifically, when the user performs a touch operation on the position 504 in FIG. 5A, the reception unit 101 sets the position 514 in FIG. 5B as a temporary position. Then, the display control unit 102 starts displaying a pointer at the position 514.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the receiving unit 101 receives a hold operation by the user in a state where the pointer is displayed on the display screen, the adjustment unit 103 moves the display screen 21 according to the movement of the designated position during the hold operation. The upper pointer is moved (step S402). Specifically, when the user performs a hold operation from the position 504 in FIG. 5A to the position 506, the adjustment unit 103 moves the temporary position from the position 514 to the position 516. Here, the adjustment rate in the adjustment unit 103 is set to 0.5. That is, the moving distance on the image displayed on the display screen 21 is set to 0.5 times the moving distance on the image displayed on the display unit 105. The period during which the hold operation is performed in this way is also referred to as an adjustment period.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the receiving unit 101 detects that the hold operation by the user has ended in a state where the pointer is displayed on the display screen, the process execution unit 104 performs processing corresponding to the display position of the pointer. Is executed (step S403). Specifically, when the display on the display screen 21 is as shown in FIG. 5B, when the user finishes the hold operation (releases the finger from the touch panel 16), the process execution unit 104 indicates the pointer. The process of the application (5) corresponding to the icon 512 including the current position 516 is executed.

  In this way, after the user designates the temporary position, the pointer movement amount is 0.5 times the movement amount by the user operation during the adjustment period, so that the user can finely adjust the pointer position. It becomes.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes the user to visually recognize the pointer after receiving the first operation, and then follows the operation by the user until the second operation is received. Make the moving pointer visible. And the process corresponding to the display position of the pointer after a movement can be performed. Therefore, the information processing apparatus can better reflect the operation intended by the user on the movement amount of the cursor.

  In addition, the information processing apparatus can move the pointer on the display screen by a value obtained by adjusting the amount of operation by the user's operation at a rate determined by the adjustment rate.

  Further, the information processing apparatus can move the pointer on the display screen by an amount of movement that is reduced by multiplying the amount of operation by the user's operation by the adjustment rate. Since the amount of movement of the pointer on the display screen is smaller than the amount of movement by the user's operation, the user can finely adjust the position of the pointer on the display screen.

  Further, the information processing apparatus can accept an operation from a user by a terminal equipped with a touch panel.

(Embodiment 2)
In this embodiment, an example of an information processing apparatus that displays an image corresponding to an image displayed on a display screen of a display device on a display unit will be described.

  Since the hardware configuration diagram and the functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment are the same as those in FIGS. 2 and 3, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the amount of movement of the pointer in the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

  FIG. 6A shows an image displayed on the display unit 105 during the adjustment period. Specifically, in FIG. 6A, a position 504 is a position (temporary position) designated first by the user. The position 505 is a position where the user is moving the designated position from the position 504 to the position 506 by a hold operation. The image displayed on the display unit 105 when the user designates the position 505 is the image shown in FIG. The image is slightly shifted (shifted) in the lower right direction on the paper surface as compared to an image before the user performs the hold operation (for example, FIG. 5A). The shift amount (shift amount) here will be described below.

  As described in the first embodiment, when the user performs a hold operation from the position 504 to the position 506 on the touch panel 16, the pointer moves from the position 514 to the position 516 on the display screen 21. The amount of movement on the display screen is an amount obtained by multiplying the amount of movement on the touch panel by the adjustment rate.

  The display control unit 102 controls the display unit 105 to display an image obtained by shifting the image displayed on the display unit 105 so that the positional relationship between the pointer and the image on the display screen 21 is the same. . That is, the display control unit 102 shifts the image displayed on the display unit 105 by an amount obtained by multiplying the movement amount on the touch panel 16 by (1−adjustment rate).

  By doing in this way, the display control part 102 can make the positional relationship of the pointer with respect to the image on the display screen 21, and the positional relationship of the user designated position with respect to the image on the touch panel the same. Since the above positional relationship is the same, the user can intuitively perform the operation without feeling uncomfortable during the hold operation during the adjustment period.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus changes (shifts) the image displayed on the display unit, thereby changing the operation position of the user and the image displayed on the display unit. The display position can be matched.

(Embodiment 3)
In this embodiment, an example of an information processing apparatus that displays a guide image (hereinafter simply referred to as “guide”) for presenting an indication of the amount of movement to the user on the display screen and the display unit of the display device. Will be explained.

  Since the hardware configuration diagram and the functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment are the same as those in FIGS. 2 and 3, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a guide in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  FIG. 7A shows a guide 702 displayed on the display unit 105 when the user designates a position 504 by a temporary position designation operation. The guide 702 includes a circle having a predetermined radius centered on the position 504 and arrows indicating the vertical and horizontal directions in the screen. At this time, the image displayed on the display screen 21 is the guide 712 in FIG. That is, a guide having a size obtained by multiplying the size of the guide displayed on the display unit 105 by the adjustment rate is displayed on the display screen 21. By visually recognizing these guides, the user can intuitively know how much the operation amount (the movement amount of the designated position) in the information processing apparatus 10 corresponds to the display screen.

  In addition, the shape of the guide shown to (a) and (b) of FIG. 7 is an example to the last, Comprising: The shape of a guide is not restricted to these shapes. The guide may be a figure displayed on the display screen 21 obtained by changing the figure displayed on the display unit 105 to a size multiplied by the adjustment rate. The shape may be a square, a hexagon, a star, an ellipse, or any other shape besides a circle. In addition, an arrow is drawn in the figure, which is an example, and a radial straight line may be drawn in the figure, or nothing may be drawn.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the user can intuitively visually recognize the operation amount received by the reception unit and the movement amount having a planar display corresponding to the operation amount.

(Embodiment 4)
In the present embodiment, an example of an information processing apparatus that executes an application process without providing an adjustment period when a temporary position is set in the central portion of the application icon will be described.

  The functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as the hardware configuration diagram and the functional block diagram in FIGS.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of regions in the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the present embodiment, the application icon 502 displayed on the display unit 105 includes a central part 804 and a peripheral part 802 that is a part excluding the central part 804.

  In the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus performs different operations depending on whether the temporary position set by the receiving unit 101 is located in the peripheral part 802 or the central part 804. That is, when the temporary position set by the receiving unit 101 is located in the peripheral part 802 (position 504A), the temporary position is set and then the pointer is moved by a hold operation, as in the operation in the first embodiment. The process is executed. On the other hand, when the temporary position set by the receiving unit 101 is located at the central part 804 (position 504B), the process is executed without setting the temporary position or moving the pointer.

  In this way, when the first designated position is the center of the application icon, the application can be executed without fine adjustment of the pointer position.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, when the first operation is performed on the central portion of the icon, the information processing apparatus immediately executes a process corresponding to the button. be able to.

(Embodiment 5)
In this embodiment, an example of an information processing device that receives an operation from a user using the acceleration of the moving information processing device will be described. In addition, the same code | symbol may be attached | subjected to the component same as the thing in other embodiment, and detailed description may be abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram including the information processing apparatus according to the fifth embodiment and a display apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the system includes an information processing device 10 </ b> A and a display device 20. The information processing apparatus 10 </ b> A and the display apparatus 20 can communicate via the communication line 30 as in the case of the first embodiment.

  The information processing apparatus 10 </ b> A accepts an operation performed on the display device 20 by the user as operation information using a gyro sensor. In addition, the information processing apparatus 10 generates image data based on the received operation information, and transmits the generated image data to the display apparatus 20 via the communication line 30. The information processing apparatus 10 is realized by, for example, a remote controller with a gyro sensor.

  FIG. 10 is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the information processing apparatus 10A includes a gyro sensor 16A.

  The gyro sensor 16A is a gyro sensor (acceleration sensor) that receives, as an input, acceleration generated when the user moves the information processing apparatus 10A.

  Further, the functional blocks of the information processing apparatus 10A are the same as those of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, and thus are omitted. However, while the receiving unit 101 in the first embodiment receives an input from the touch panel 16, the receiving unit in the present embodiment receives an input from a gyro sensor. Specifically, the reception unit calculates the amount of change in the relative position between the information processing device and the display device 20 based on the acceleration of the information processing device 10A detected by the gyro sensor, and integrates the calculated amount of change. The designation of the position on the display screen by the user is accepted.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the amount of movement of the pointer in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  First, in a state where no pointer is displayed on the display screen, when the reception unit receives an operation by the user, the reception unit sets a temporary position and starts displaying the pointer to the temporary position. The operation here includes, for example, a position designated by the gyro sensor 16A at the timing when the operation button 15 is pressed by the user. A position 1004 in FIG. 11 indicates the temporary position.

  Next, in a state where the pointer is displayed on the display screen, when the reception unit receives a pointer movement operation by the user, the adjustment unit 103 moves the pointer on the display screen 21 according to the movement of the designated position during the movement operation. Move. Specifically, when the user performs a moving operation from the position 1004 to the position 1006 in FIG. 11, the adjustment unit 103 moves the temporary position from the position 1004 to the position 1008.

  Next, in a state where the pointer is displayed on the display screen, when the receiving unit detects that the operation button 15 is pressed by the user, the process executing unit 104 executes a process corresponding to the display position of the pointer.

  Thus, even with an information processing apparatus that accepts an operation from the user using the acceleration of the moving information processing apparatus, the position of the pointer by the user can be finely adjusted.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, an operation from a user can be accepted by a terminal equipped with a gyro sensor.

  Although the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

  Further, each of the above devices may be specifically configured as a computer system including a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, hard disk drive, display unit, keyboard, mouse, and the like. A computer program is stored in the RAM or hard disk drive. Each device achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program. Here, the computer program is configured by combining a plurality of instruction codes indicating instructions for the computer in order to achieve a predetermined function.

  Furthermore, some or all of the constituent elements constituting each of the above-described devices may be configured by one system LSI (Large Scale Integration). The system LSI is an ultra-multifunctional LSI manufactured by integrating a plurality of components on a single chip, and specifically, a computer system including a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, and the like. . A computer program is stored in the RAM. The system LSI achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.

  Furthermore, some or all of the constituent elements constituting each of the above-described devices may be configured from an IC card that can be attached to and detached from each device or a single module. The IC card or module is a computer system that includes a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, and the like. The IC card or the module may include the super multifunctional LSI described above. The IC card or the module achieves its function by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program. This IC card or this module may have tamper resistance.

  Further, the present invention may be the method described above. Further, the present invention may be a computer program that realizes these methods by a computer, or may be a digital signal composed of the above computer program.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a non-transitory recording medium that can read the computer program or the digital signal, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, a DVD, a DVD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, a BD ( It may be recorded on a Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc), a semiconductor memory or the like. The digital signal may be recorded on these non-temporary recording media.

  In the present invention, the computer program or the digital signal may be transmitted via an electric communication line, a wireless or wired communication line, a network represented by the Internet, a data broadcast, or the like.

  The present invention may be a computer system including a microprocessor and a memory, wherein the memory stores the computer program, and the microprocessor operates according to the computer program.

  Further, by recording the program or the digital signal on the non-temporary recording medium and transferring it, or transferring the program or the digital signal via the network or the like, another independent computer It may be implemented by the system.

  Furthermore, the above embodiment and the above modification examples may be combined.

  The present invention can be used in an information processing apparatus that displays a pointer on an external display screen. The present invention can be used for, for example, a remote controller, a smartphone, and the like.

10, 10A Information processing apparatus 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
14 Storage Device 15 Operation Button 16 Touch Panel 16A Gyro Sensor 17 NIC
18 Display Panel 20 Display Device 21 Display Screen 30 Communication Line 101 Reception Unit 102 Display Control Unit 103 Adjustment Unit 104 Processing Execution Unit 105 Display Unit 504, 504A, 504B, 505, 506, 514, 516, 1004, 1006, 1008 Position 502 512, 1002 Icon 702, 712 Guide 802 Peripheral part 804 Central part

Claims (9)

A reception unit that accepts an operation by a user including designation of a position;
A display control unit that controls display of a pointer on an external display screen, and the position specified by the first operation when the reception unit receives the first operation when the pointer is not displayed A display control unit for starting display of the pointer to
An adjustment unit that moves the pointer on the display screen according to the second operation when the reception unit receives a second operation when the display control unit is displaying the pointer;
When the display control unit is displaying the pointer, if a condition for determining the position of the pointer is satisfied, a process is executed to execute a process corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen An information processing apparatus. The adjustment unit is
An adjustment movement amount obtained by multiplying a movement amount of the pointer determined from the position specified by the second operation received by the reception unit by a predetermined adjustment rate is calculated, and the adjustment movement of the pointer on the display screen is calculated. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is moved by an amount. The adjustment unit is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the adjustment movement amount is calculated using a value larger than 0 and smaller than 1 as the adjustment rate. The information processing apparatus further includes:
With a display,
The reception unit
Accepting an operation including a designation for a position on the display unit as the operation;
The display control unit
(I) displaying the pointer and image on the display screen and displaying the image on the display unit; and (ii) performing the second operation when the accepting unit accepts the second operation. The part of the image displayed on the display unit is displayed at a position specified on the display unit when received, so that a part of the image displayed on the display screen specified by the second operation is displayed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display position of the image is changed. The display control unit further includes:
When the reception unit receives the first operation, (i) a guide image including a position designated on the display unit when the first operation is received is displayed on the display unit, and ( The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein ii) an image obtained by reducing the guide image with a predetermined adjustment rate is displayed on the display screen. The image includes an icon image having a central portion and a peripheral portion;
The process execution unit further includes:
When the position specified by the first operation is included in the central part of the icon, it corresponds to the position specified by the first operation regardless of whether or not the receiving unit has received the second operation. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The reception unit
By detecting the contact position of the indicator, it has a touch panel that accepts the operation,
The touch panel
Accepting the touch operation on the touch panel when the pointer is not displayed as the first operation, and accepting the hold operation following the touch operation as the second operation,
The process execution unit
The processing corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen is executed when the condition that the hold operation is completed when the display control unit displays the pointer is satisfied as the condition. Item 7. The information processing device according to any one of items 1 to 6. The reception unit
Operation buttons,
A gyro sensor for detecting acceleration,
Based on the acceleration detected by the gyro sensor, the amount of change in the relative position between the information processing device and the display screen is calculated, and the position determined by integrating the calculated amount of change is accepted as the operation.
The reception unit
The pressing of the operation button when the pointer is not displayed is accepted as the first operation, and the operation accepted after the first operation is accepted as the second operation,
The process execution unit
The process corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen is executed when the condition that the operation button is pressed while the pointer is displayed is satisfied as the condition. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above. A reception step for accepting an operation by a user including designation of a position;
A display control step for controlling the display of a pointer on an external display screen, and when the first operation is accepted in the acceptance step when the pointer is not displayed, the position designated by the first operation A display control step for starting display of the pointer to
An adjustment step of moving the pointer on the display screen according to the second operation when the second operation is received in the reception step when the pointer is displayed in the display control step;
Execution of processing for executing processing corresponding to the display position of the pointer on the display screen when a condition for determining the position of the pointer is satisfied when the pointer is displayed in the display control step An information processing method including steps.

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