JP5117346B2 - Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus including a presentation support mode that supports a presentation by a user.

As a technique related to the present invention, there is one described in Patent Document 1. Patent Document 1 deals with individual terminals in which a presenter (salesperson) and a viewer (customer) are linked in a presentation (hereinafter referred to as “presentation”) provided for sale of goods, Disclosed is a technique for improving presentation operations by viewing and operating content. In addition, there is a description that the presenter and the viewer are sitting face-to-face on the usage scene.
JP-A-06-110423

  However, the above technique has a problem in that separate terminals must be prepared in conjunction with the number of people. In addition, when explanation and browsing are performed using one terminal, the terminal must be directed in different directions during operation and browsing.

  Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, the present invention makes it easy for the viewer to view the presentation material when the presenter and the viewer face each other using a single information processing apparatus, and the presenter can operate the presentation material. It is an object to provide an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention having the following configuration is provided.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a display device capable of displaying a pointer that moves in response to an operation of a pointing device by a user and a graphical user interface excluding the pointer, and the display direction of the pointer The first display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface excluding the pointer matches the second display mode, and the second display direction in which the display direction of the pointer and the graphical user interface excluding the pointer are reversed. Display support mode determining means for determining whether or not to shift to the second display mode, and when the information processing apparatus is in the first display mode, the pointer is excluded. A screen display is generated by combining a graphical user interface and the pointer. When the presentation support mode determination means determines to shift to the second display mode, the direction of the cursor movement information based on the input to the pointing device is reversed, and the graphical user interface excluding the cursor is displayed. A control unit that generates a screen display by combining the display and the cursor, rotates the generated screen display by 180 °, and outputs the screen display to the display device; and a first housing in which the display device is installed. A body, a second housing in which the pointing device is installed, a hinge portion connecting the first housing and the second housing, and the hinge portion includes an installation surface of the display device and the hinge a mechanism for the angle between the installation surface of the pointing device is approximately 180 °, wherein the mounting surface of the display device in the hinge portion Human sensing means for detecting the presence of a person on the opposite side of the display device with respect to the pointing device when an angle formed with an installation surface of the inching device is about 180 ° The presentation support mode determination unit determines to automatically shift to the second display mode when the person detection unit detects a person, and the person detection unit detects a person using a camera. It is characterized by that.

Method of controlling an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a pointer that moves in response to operation of the pointing device by the user, a display device capable of displaying by combining the graphical user interface except for the pointer, the display device A first casing installed; a second casing in which the pointing device is installed; a hinge portion connecting the first casing and the second casing; and the hinge section, A control method for an information processing apparatus, comprising: a mechanism in which an angle between an installation surface of a display device and an installation surface of the pointing device is about 180 °; and a camera , excluding a display direction of the pointer and the pointer graphical user interface display mode in which the display direction are overlapped first match, the display direction of the pointer pointer And a second display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface is reversed except that when the information processing apparatus is in said first display mode, the graphical user interface except for the pointer When the angle between the first control step of generating a screen display in combination with a pointer and the installation surface of the display device and the installation surface of the pointing device in the hinge portion is about 180 °, the camera However, when there is a person detection step for detecting that there is a person on the opposite side of the display device with respect to the pointing device, and when there is a person detection in the person detection step, the information processing apparatus A presentation support mode determination step for determining to automatically shift to the second display mode; and the presentation support mode determination When it is determined in the step that the mode is shifted to the second display mode, the information processing apparatus reverses the direction of the movement information of the cursor based on the input to the pointing device and removes the cursor. A second control step of generating a screen display by combining the display of the interface and the cursor, rotating the generated screen display by 180 °, and outputting the screen display to the display device. To do.

Program according to the present invention includes a pointer that moves in response to operation of the pointing device by the user, and a display device capable of displaying the combined graphical user interface except for the pointer, the first in which the display device is installed A casing, a second casing in which the pointing device is installed, a hinge portion that connects the first casing and the second casing, and the hinge portion is an installation surface of the display device And an information processing apparatus having a camera, and a display direction of the pointer and a display direction of the graphical user interface excluding the pointer are the same. The first display mode, the display direction of the pointer, and the graphical user interface excluding the pointer. A second display mode in which the display direction of the interface is inverted, let includes a, when the information processing apparatus is in said first display mode, the graphical user interface except for the pointer and the pointer When the angle formed by the first control process for generating the screen display in combination with the installation surface of the display device and the installation surface of the pointing device in the hinge portion is about 180 °, the camera is used. When the person detection process detects that there is a person on the opposite side of the display device with respect to the pointing device, and when the person is detected by the person detection process, the second display mode is automatically entered. The presentation support mode determination process for determining the transition and the presentation support mode determination process shift to the second display mode. When the determination is made, the direction of the movement information of the cursor based on the input to the pointing device is inverted, and the screen display is generated by combining the display of the graphical user interface excluding the cursor and the cursor. And a second control process for rotating the displayed screen display by 180 ° and outputting the screen display to the display device .

  According to the present invention, when a presenter and a viewer face each other using a single information processing apparatus, the presenter can easily view the presentation material and the presenter can easily operate the presentation material. An apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program can be provided.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a notebook personal computer will be described, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this. Other application examples include MID (Mobile Internet Terminal), UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer), PDA (Personal Data Assistance), PND (Personal Navigation Device), and the like.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a notebook computer 100 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the notebook computer 100 includes a first housing 102 having a display 101 and a camera 107, and a second housing 103 having operation input means such as a pointing device 105 and a keyboard 106. It is the structure connected via. In addition, the notebook computer 100 has a mechanism that allows the first housing 102 to be tilted until the angle formed by the first housing 102, the hinge unit 104, and the second housing 103 is approximately 180 °.

  The mechanism does not need to be configured so that the first housing 102 can be tilted until exactly 180 °. As described below, a person who receives an explanation from the user of the notebook computer 100 sits face-to-face with the user. Any angle that allows the display 101 mounted on the inner surface of one housing 102 to be viewed is sufficient. However, since it is better that the angle is good for the user, 180 ° is preferable.

  The notebook computer 100 uses the above mechanism to provide a presentation support function which is a convenient function when used in business presentations (hereinafter referred to as “presentation”). The presentation support function is used such that a user who makes a presentation sits on the second housing 103 side where the operation input means is provided, and a person receiving the presentation sits facing (that is, the first housing side) and looks into the display 101. A function that provides a graphical user interface (hereinafter referred to as “GUI”) that combines reversal of input to the pointing device 105 by a user who makes a presentation and rotation of the display screen content of the display 101 by 180 ° assuming a scene. is there. The presentation support mode is a state in which this function is enabled.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the notebook computer 100 according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated, the notebook computer 100 includes a person detection sensor 108 and a control unit 110 in addition to the hardware illustrated in FIG. The control unit 110 includes a presentation support mode determination unit 111, a pointing device movement information acquisition unit 112, an up / down / left / right inversion control unit 113, a cursor position calculation unit 114, a cursor display control unit 115, a GUI display control unit 116, and a screen overlay control unit 117. The screen rotation control unit 118 is provided.

  The notebook computer 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), a primary storage device such as a memory, and a secondary storage device such as a hard disk. Each unit of the control unit 110 includes these hardware and the hardware. Realized by collaboration with the software program used.

  The operation of each unit shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the notebook computer 100 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of automatic transition to the presentation support mode in the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 3, the presentation support mode determination unit 111 determines whether or not to shift to the presentation support mode (step S101). When the presentation support mode determination unit 111 determines not to shift (No at Step S101), the control unit 110 displays a normal display screen on the display 101 (Step S108).

  The determination of automatic transition to the presentation support mode (step S101) in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 4, the presentation support mode determination unit 111 first determines to automatically shift to the presentation support mode when the opening / closing angle at which the first housing 102 and the second housing 103 are opened is 180 °. (Step S201). In other words, the case where the opening / closing angle is 180 ° is a case where the angle between the installation surface of the display 101 and the installation surface of the pointing device 105 in the hinge portion 104 is about 180 °.

  In the present embodiment, a user who makes a presentation sits on the second housing 103 side where the operation input means is provided, and a person receiving the presentation sits facing (that is, the first housing side) and looks into the display 101. A usage scene is assumed. Therefore, if it is configured to automatically shift to the presentation support mode when the opening / closing angle reaches 180 °, the convenience is further enhanced.

  In FIG. 4, when the opening / closing angle is 180 ° (step S201, Yes), it is further detected that there is a person at the opposite position, that is, on the opposite side of the display 101 with respect to the pointing device 105 (step S202). ), Whether to perform normal display according to the detection result (step S203), or to automatically shift to the presentation support mode.

  As for a person detection method, detection by the person detection sensor 108 shown in FIG. 2 may be used, or a person is detected from image information obtained by the camera 107 by operating the camera 107 installed on the upper part of the first housing. A detection method may be used. The method of detecting a person using a camera is advantageous because it does not require any new hardware and realizes person detection at a low cost.

  In FIG. 4, when a person is detected at the opposite position (step S202, Yes), it is further checked whether or not there is an input to the pointing device 105 (step S204). When there is an input, the presentation support mode determination unit 111 determines to automatically shift to the presentation support mode (step S205).

  On the other hand, when there is no input, the presentation support mode determination unit 111 determines to perform a process of simply rotating the screen display by 180 degrees (step S206). At this time, the inversion process of the input direction of the pointing device 105 is not performed. When the user advances the presentation using only the keyboard 106 or uses an external mouse, the reversal process is not necessary, so the process is speeded up by omitting the process.

  Returning to FIG. When the presentation support mode determination unit 111 determines to shift (step S101, Yes), the pointing device movement information acquisition unit 112 acquires movement information of the pointing device 105 (step S102).

  Here, the movement information is information indicating how much the cursor input by the user is moved using the pointing device 105 as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited, but the pointing device 105 is a touch pad. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 5, the user traces the pointing device 105 in the direction of the arrow with a finger or the like, and the pointing device movement information acquisition unit 112 obtains movement information (Δx, Δy).

  Returning to FIG. Next, the up / down / left / right inversion control unit 113 inverts the up / down / left / right movement direction with respect to the acquired movement information (step S103). In the example of FIG. 5, the process of reversing the positive / negative of each of Δx and Δy is performed.

  Regarding the subsequent cursor display, the cursor position calculation unit 114 calculates the distance and direction in which the cursor moves on the display 101 based on the movement information in which the movement direction is reversed. Next, the cursor display control unit 115 generates a cursor display based on the absolute coordinates on the display 101 where the cursor is positioned before the movement, and the movement distance and direction (relative information) obtained by the calculation.

  Returning to FIG. Next, the GUI display control unit 116 generates a GUI display of a portion excluding the cursor display among the elements constituting the GUI display screen displayed on the display 101 (step S104). Note that step S104 may be performed concurrently with steps S102 and S103.

  Next, the cursor display generated by the cursor display control unit 115 and the GUI display generated by the GUI display control unit 116 are combined by the overlay by the screen overlay control unit 117 so as to generate a screen display (step S105).

  Next, the screen rotation control unit 118 rotates the generated screen display by 180 ° (step S106), and outputs it to the display 101 (step S107). FIG. 6 illustrates a mode in which the screen display of the display 101 rotates 180 °.

  According to the configuration and operation described above, the presentation support mode for supporting the presentation by the user is provided, and when the apparatus is in the presentation support mode, the moving direction of the pointer of the graphical user interface is reversed to the direction of the operation by the user. In addition, since the control is performed to rotate the display output of the graphical user interface by 180 °, it is easy to see for the person receiving the presentation, and the input of the pointing device and the movement of the cursor on the display 101 are the same for the user who makes the presentation. It will be easier to operate.

  When the screen display is simply rotated by 180 ° for presentation, the input to the pointing device 105 and the movement of the cursor do not match as shown in FIG. However, according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7B, since the input to the pointing device 105 and the movement of the cursor match, the operability at the time of presentation is remarkably improved.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, when a presenter and a viewer face each other using a single information processing apparatus, the presenter can easily view the presentation material, and the presenter can easily operate the presentation material. become. Further, according to the present embodiment, special hardware is not particularly required, so that the operability can be improved without increasing the cost. Moreover, each function of this embodiment is easy to implement.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

1 is an external perspective view of a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the notebook computer which concerns on embodiment by this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of embodiment by this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure of the automatic transfer to presentation assistance mode in embodiment by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the movement information of the cursor using the pointing device in embodiment by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating rotation of the screen display in embodiment by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the input of the pointing device in embodiment by this invention, and the movement of the cursor on the rotated screen display.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Notebook PC 101 Display 102 1st housing | casing 103 2nd housing | casing 104 Hinge part 105 Pointing device 106 Keyboard 107 Camera 108 Human sensor 110 Control part 111 Presentation support mode judgment part 112 Pointing device movement information acquisition part 113 Up, down, left, right inversion control section 114 the cursor position calculating unit 115 cursor display control section 116 GUI display control section 117 screen overlay controller 118 screen rotation control unit

Claims (6)

A display device capable of displaying a pointer that moves in response to an operation of a pointing device by a user and a graphical user interface excluding the pointer;
A first display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface except for the pointer and the display direction of the pointer is matched,
A second display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface is reversed except for the pointer and the display direction of the pointer,
Equipped with a,
Presentation support mode determination means for determining whether or not to shift to the second display mode;
When the information processing apparatus is in said first display mode, to generate a screen display combining a graphical user interface except for the pointer and the pointer,
When the presentation support mode determination means determines to shift to the second display mode, the direction of the cursor movement information based on the input to the pointing device is reversed, and the graphical user interface excluding the cursor is displayed. A screen display is generated by combining the display and the cursor, and the generated screen display is rotated by 180 °,
A control unit for outputting a screen display to the display device;
A first housing in which the display device is installed;
A second housing in which the pointing device is installed;
A hinge portion connecting the first housing and the second housing;
The hinge portion includes a mechanism for the angle between the installation surface and the installation surface of the pointing device of the display device is about 180 °,
When the angle formed by the installation surface of the display device and the installation surface of the pointing device in the hinge portion is about 180 °, there is a person on the opposite side of the display device with respect to the display device. And a person sensing means for detecting
The presentation support mode determination unit determines to automatically shift to the second display mode when a person is detected by the person detection unit,
The information processing apparatus, wherein the person sensing means detects a person using a camera .   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the camera is provided in the first housing.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the camera is provided in the vicinity of an end portion of the first casing that faces the hinge portion. The presentation support mode determination unit determines whether to automatically shift to the second display mode when an angle formed by the installation surface of the display device and the installation surface of the pointing device in the hinge portion is about 180 °. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein A pointer that moves in response to the operation of the pointing device by the user ;
A display device capable of displaying together with a graphical user interface excluding the pointer ;
A first housing in which the display device is installed;
A second housing in which the pointing device is installed;
A hinge portion connecting the first housing and the second housing;
The hinge portion includes a mechanism for the angle between the installation surface and the installation surface of the pointing device of the display device is about 180 °,
A camera,
A method of controlling an information processing apparatus having
A first display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface except for the pointer and the display direction of the pointer is matched,
A second display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface is reversed except for the pointer and the display direction of the pointer,
Equipped with a,
A first control step of generating a screen display by combining the graphical user interface excluding the pointer and the pointer when the information processing apparatus is in the first display mode;
When the angle formed by the installation surface of the display device and the installation surface of the pointing device in the hinge portion is about 180 °, the camera is on the opposite side of the display device with respect to the pointing device. A person sensing process for detecting the presence of a person,
A presentation support mode determination step for determining whether the information processing apparatus automatically shifts to the second display mode when a person is detected in the person detection step;
When it is determined in the presentation support mode determination step that the transition to the second display mode is made, the information processing apparatus reverses the direction of the movement information of the cursor based on the input to the pointing device, and the cursor A second control step of generating a screen display by combining the display of the graphical user interface excluding and the cursor, rotating the generated screen display by 180 °, and outputting the screen display to the display device;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: A pointer that moves in response to the operation of the pointing device by the user ;
A display device capable of displaying together with a graphical user interface excluding the pointer ;
A first housing in which the display device is installed;
A second housing in which the pointing device is installed;
A hinge portion connecting the first housing and the second housing;
The hinge portion includes a mechanism for the angle between the installation surface and the installation surface of the pointing device of the display device is about 180 °,
A camera,
In an information processing apparatus having
A first display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface except for the pointer and the display direction of the pointer is matched,
A second display mode in which the display direction of the graphical user interface is reversed except for the pointer and the display direction of the pointer,
Let equipped with,
A first control process for generating a screen display by combining a graphical user interface excluding the pointer and the pointer when the information processing apparatus is in the first display mode;
When the angle between the installation surface of the display device and the installation surface of the pointing device in the hinge portion is about 180 °, the camera is used to oppose the pointing device across the display device A person detection process for detecting the presence of a person on the side,
If there is detection of a person by the person detecting processing, and presentation support mode determination process of the determination to shift automatically to the second display mode,
When the presentation support mode determination process determines to shift to the second display mode, the direction of the cursor movement information based on the input to the pointing device is reversed, and the graphical user interface excluding the cursor is displayed. A second control process for generating a screen display by combining display and the cursor, rotating the generated screen display by 180 °, and outputting the screen display to the display device;
A program for running

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