JP6230452B2 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that performs processing according to a user operation. The present invention also relates to an information processing method for such an information processing apparatus, a program for causing a computer to function as such an information processing apparatus, and a recording medium on which such a program is recorded.

  A technique for causing a computer to perform information processing according to the content of the contact action when the user performs a contact action (for example, a touch operation on the touch panel) that makes the hand contact the contact member is generally widely known. .

  An example of such a technique is the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1.

  According to Patent Literature 1, the emotion analysis device of Patent Literature 1 is supposed to be able to estimate various emotions of the user based on various contact actions that reflect the emotions of the user.

JP 2009-026125 (released February 5, 2009)

  In the conventional technology, the processing executed by the computer when the user performs a pressing operation is irrelevant to the adjustment of the pressing operation. That is, in the conventional technique, even if the user adjusts the adjustment of the pressing operation, the computer cannot execute the process desired by the user according to the adjustment of the pressing operation.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its main purpose is to perform desired processing by appropriately adjusting the amount of force applied to the operation receiving unit by the user for operation. It is to realize an information processing apparatus capable of performing the above.

  In order to solve the above problem, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a measurement that measures a change over time in a specified feature amount when a user starts an operation of the apparatus by touching an operation reception unit. Means, specifying means for specifying the peak of the feature value during the change over time, and executing means for executing processing according to the height of the peak specified by the specifying means, wherein the feature value is The amount is such that the larger the force applied by the user to the operation receiving unit by the contact, the larger the force.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention has an advantage in that a process desired by the user is performed by appropriately adjusting the force applied to the operation receiving unit by the user for the operation.

It is the block diagram which showed the principal part structure of the television receiver which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 2 is an external view of the television receiver of FIG. 1 and a tablet terminal and speakers used in combination with the television receiver of FIG. 1. It is a figure for demonstrating what kind of tweet is input into the television receiver of FIG. 1 when what kind of pressing operation a user performs. It is the figure which illustrated the content displayed on the television receiver of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating how the television receiver of FIG. 1 changes the reproduction speed of recorded content when what kind of pressing operation a user performs. It is a figure for demonstrating how the volume of the television receiver of FIG. 1 changes when what kind of pressing operation a user performs. It is the block diagram which showed the principal part structure of the television receiver which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is an external view of the tactile sensor used in combination with the television receiver of FIG. When the area in the program video is designated by the user, the area of the TV receiver shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating how much it becomes. It is the block diagram which showed the principal part structure of the personal computer which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating what kind of display character string is input into the personal computer of FIG. 10 when the user performs "keyboard operation which inputs a certain character string."

Embodiment 1
A television receiver (hereinafter abbreviated as “television”) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(TV overview)
The television (information processing apparatus) according to the present embodiment can accept an input of a simple tweet (word) representing the user's feelings about the program being played.

  The user touches the television by touching a touch panel display unit (not shown) of a tablet terminal that can communicate with the television (specifically, a tablet terminal in which a tweet input application is activated in the foreground). Enter a tweet. In this regard, the user can input a tweet having a desired content by adjusting the finger touch on the touch panel display.

  This TV shows a tweet input by a user who is watching the program and a tweet input by a friend of the user (a friend who is watching the same program using his / her TV). To be displayed.

  Refer to FIG. 2 for the usage image of the television and the tablet terminal.

(Configuration of TV 100)
A main configuration of the television 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of the television 100.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the television 100 includes a tuner unit 110, a communication I / F (communication interface) unit 120, a communication I / F unit 130, a CPU 140, a storage unit 150, and a display unit 160.

(Tuner unit 110)
The tuner unit 110 is a tuner that receives a broadcast signal including program content. Examples of the broadcast signal received by the tuner unit 110 include broadcast signals for broadcasting using terrestrial waves, satellite waves, cable TV, broadband, and the like.

(Communication I / F unit 120)
The communication I / F unit 120 is a communication interface used for communication with a server (not shown) that collects tweets transmitted from a large number of televisions. The communication I / F unit 120 may be an interface for wired communication or an interface for wireless communication. The communication I / F unit 120 may be, for example, an Ethernet (registered trademark) interface or a wireless LAN interface.

(Communication I / F unit 130)
The communication I / F unit 130 is a communication interface used for communication with the tablet terminal 200. The communication I / F unit 130 may be an interface for wired communication or an interface for wireless communication. The communication I / F unit 130 may be, for example, an HDMI (registered trademark) input terminal, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication interface, or a wireless LAN interface.

(CPU 140)
The CPU 140 functions as a feature amount measuring unit 141, a peak specifying unit 142, a message display processing unit 143, and a reproducing unit 144 by executing a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 150.

  When the user starts a tweet input operation on the television 100 by bringing the finger into contact with the touch panel type display unit of the tablet terminal 200, the feature amount measuring unit 141 measures a temporal change in the feature amount indicating the contact pressure of the finger. .

  The peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the contact pressure (characteristic amount) during the change over time.

  Specifically, when the peak identifying unit 142 detects for the first time that the contact pressure that has exceeded the predetermined threshold has decreased to the predetermined threshold after the start of the tweet input operation, the contact after the start time of the tweet input operation is detected. Identify pressure peaks. Thereafter, each time the peak specifying unit 142 detects that the pressure exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the predetermined threshold, the peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the contact pressure after the time when the previous peak is specified.

  The message display processing unit 143 acquires a tweet of a friend of the user of the television 100 from the server, and displays the acquired tweet on the display unit 160. In addition, the message display processing unit 143 displays on the display unit 160 the tweet (the user's own tweet of the television 100) that has been determined to be displayed based on the peak height specified by the peak specifying unit 142.

  The reproduction unit 144 reproduces the program, thereby displaying the program video on the display unit 160 and outputting the program audio from the speaker 250.

(Storage unit 150)
The storage unit 150 is a recording medium that stores various data such as data (conversion map data in FIG. 3) and program data that the message display processing unit 143 refers to in order to display tweets on the display unit 160.

(Display unit 160)
The display unit 160 is a display on which program videos, tweets of users of the television 100, and tweets of friends of the users are displayed.

  Heretofore, the main configuration of the television 100 has been described.

(Tablet terminal 200)
A tweet input application is installed in the tablet terminal 200. While this application is activated in the foreground, the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200 functions as an operation reception unit that receives an operation of inputting a tweet to the television 100.

  The touch panel display unit is provided with a pressure sensor (not shown). When the user touches the touch panel display unit with a finger for operation, the pressure sensor continuously detects the contact pressure of the finger. The activated application transmits information indicating the current contact pressure to the television 100 continuously or intermittently while the user is touching the touch panel display unit.

(Speaker 250)
The speaker 250 is a speaker that supports stereo audio output.

(Operation example 1 of the television 100)
Next, an example of an operation in which the television 100 displays a tweet when the user performs a tweet input operation (a pressing operation on the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200) will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining what kind of tweet is input to the television 100 when the user performs what kind of pressing operation. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating content displayed on the display unit 160 of the television 100.

  When the user starts a tweet input operation on the television 100 by bringing a finger into contact with the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200, the television 100 starts receiving information indicating the current contact pressure.

  When the television 100 starts receiving information indicating the current contact pressure, the feature amount measurement unit 141 is a feature that indicates the contact pressure of the finger until a period in which the television 100 receives the information continuously or intermittently ends. The amount of change over time is measured.

  While the feature amount measuring unit 141 is measuring the temporal change of the contact pressure (feature amount), the peak specifying unit 142 indicates that the contact pressure exceeding the predetermined threshold (0, threshold A, threshold B or threshold C) It is repeatedly determined whether or not it has fallen to a predetermined threshold value. As a result, when it is detected that the contact pressure that exceeds the predetermined threshold has decreased to the predetermined threshold, the peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the contact pressure from the start time of the tweet input operation. Then, the peak specifying unit 142 notifies the message display processing unit 143 of the specified peak height and the length of time from the start of the tweet input operation until the peak is specified.

  Upon receiving the notification, the message display processing unit 143 reads from the storage unit 150 conversion map data (default conversion map data, data indicating the conversion map 1 in FIG. 3) to be referred to in order to display the first tweet.

  Then, the message display processing unit 143 specifies words corresponding to the contents of the notification on the conversion map 1 of FIG. 3 and displays the specified words on the display unit 160 as tweets of the user of the television 100. For example, if the peak height is greater than or equal to threshold B and less than threshold C and the length of time from when the tweet input operation starts until the peak is specified is short, as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 160.

  Thereafter, the television 100 repeats the following steps 1 to 3 until the tweet input operation is completed (that is, until the finger is released from the touch panel display unit).

  (Step 1) When the peak specifying unit 142 detects that the contact pressure exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the predetermined threshold, the peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the contact pressure after the time when the previous peak is specified. Then, the peak specifying unit 142 notifies the message display processing unit 143 of the peak height and the length of time from specifying the previous peak to specifying the current peak.

  (Step 2) Upon receiving the notification, the message display processing unit 143 reads from the storage unit 150 conversion map data to be referred to in order to update the tweet being displayed.

  In the present embodiment, many conversion map data other than the default conversion map data are stored in the storage unit 150. Among the large number of conversion map data, conversion map data (conversion map data representing the conversion map 2 in FIG. 3) to be referred to when the tweet being displayed is “Oh !!” and the tweet being displayed are “ Conversion map data (conversion map data representing the conversion map 3 in FIG. 3) to be referred to in the case of “Do it!” Is included. When updating the displayed tweet, the message display processing unit 143 selects conversion map data corresponding to the displayed tweet from a large number of conversion map data, and the selected conversion map data is stored from the storage unit 150. It is designed to read.

  (Step 3) The message display processing unit 143 specifies a word corresponding to the content of the notification on the conversion map represented by the read conversion map data, and displays the specified word on the display unit 160 as a tweet of the user of the television 100. . For example, the read conversion map data is the conversion map data representing the conversion map 2 in FIG. 3, the peak height is not less than the threshold value B and less than the threshold value C, and the current peak is specified after specifying the previous peak. If the length of time until the update is medium, as shown in FIG. 4, the displayed tweet is updated from “Oh !!” to “Yarua!”.

  Note that the message display processing unit 143 determines that the contact pressure exceeding the predetermined threshold is not detected even if a predetermined time (long time, for example, 5 seconds) elapses from the time when the tweet is displayed or the display of the tweet is updated. If it is not detected that “the threshold has been lowered to a predetermined threshold value”, the displayed tweet may be deleted. In addition, the message display processing unit 143 determines that “a contact pressure exceeding a predetermined threshold is present before a predetermined time (short time, for example, 1 second) elapses from the time when the tweet is displayed or the display of the tweet is updated. If it is detected that “it has fallen to the predetermined threshold value”, the process of updating the tweet being displayed need not be executed.

  The operation example 1 of the television 100 has been described above. As described above, the user can input a tweet having a desired content to the television 100 by appropriately adjusting the force applied during the pressing operation on the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200.

  As can be seen from the above description, the message display processing unit 143 of the television 100 determines the peak height specified by the peak specifying unit 142 and the time when the peak specifying unit 142 specifies the previous peak from the time when the peak is specified. The tweet of the contents according to both the length of the time and is displayed.

  However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. That is, the message display processing unit 143 may determine the content of the tweet to be displayed based only on the height of the peak specified by the peak specifying unit 142.

(Operation example 2 of the television 100)
In the present embodiment, an application for controlling the playback operation of the television 100 is installed in the tablet terminal 200.

  While this application is running in the foreground on the tablet terminal 200 and the TV 100 is playing back recorded content (recorded program) or BD content, the user increases the playback speed by pressing the touch panel display unit. Can be adjusted.

  An example of an operation in which the television 100 adjusts the playback speed when the user performs an operation of adjusting the playback speed (pressing operation on the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200) will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining how the television 100 changes the playback speed of recorded content when the user performs a pressing operation.

  When the user touches the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200 with a finger, the television 100 starts receiving information indicating the current contact pressure.

  When the television 100 starts receiving information indicating the current contact pressure, the feature amount measurement unit 141 is a feature that indicates the contact pressure of the finger until a period in which the television 100 receives the information continuously or intermittently ends. The amount of change over time is measured.

  When the peak specifying unit 142 detects that the indentation amount exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold during measurement of the temporal change by the feature amount measuring unit 141, the peak specifying unit 142 determines the contact pressure (feature amount) during the temporal change. Identify peaks. Then, the peak identification unit 142 notifies the playback unit 144 of the identified peak height.

  Upon receiving the notification, the playback unit 144 changes the playback speed of the recorded content to a speed corresponding to the notified peak height.

  For example, the feature amount measuring unit 141 measures a change in contact pressure over time as indicated by the left curve in FIG. 5A, and the peak specifying unit 142 determines the height of the contact pressure peak during the change over time as a reproduction unit. When notified to 144, the playback unit 144 changes the playback speed of the recorded content to the standard speed (1 × speed) as shown in FIG. 5B. Further, the feature amount measuring unit 141 measures a change in the contact pressure with time as shown by the right curve in FIG. 5A, and the peak specifying unit 142 determines the height of the contact pressure peak during the change with time as a reproducing unit. When notified to 144, the playback unit 144 changes the playback speed of the recorded content to quadruple speed as shown in (c) of FIG.

  The operation example 2 of the television 100 has been described above. As described above, the user can cause the television 100 to play back the recorded content at a desired playback speed by adjusting the force applied during the pressing operation on the touch panel type display unit of the tablet terminal 200.

  Note that the playback unit 144 is configured to jump a chapter by the number of chapters corresponding to the notified peak height when receiving a notification from the peak specifying unit 142 while playing back the BD content. Also good.

(Operation example 3 of the television 100)
In the present embodiment, an application for controlling operations related to audio output of the television 100 is installed in the tablet terminal 200.

  While the application is running in the foreground on the tablet terminal 200, the user can adjust the volume of the television 100 by a pressing operation on the touch panel display unit.

  An example of an operation in which the television 100 adjusts the volume when the user performs an operation of adjusting the volume (pressing operation on the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200) will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining how the volume of the television 100 changes when the user performs a pressing operation.

  When the user touches the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200 with a finger, the television 100 starts receiving information indicating the current contact pressure.

  When the television 100 starts receiving information indicating the current contact pressure, the feature amount measurement unit 141 is a feature that indicates the contact pressure of the finger until a period in which the television 100 receives the information continuously or intermittently ends. The amount of change over time is measured.

  When the peak specifying unit 142 detects that the indentation amount exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold during measurement of the temporal change by the feature amount measuring unit 141, the peak specifying unit 142 determines the contact pressure (feature amount) during the temporal change. Identify peaks. Then, the peak identification unit 142 notifies the playback unit 144 of the identified peak height.

  Upon receiving the notification, the playback unit 144 changes the volume value to a value corresponding to the notified peak height.

  For example, the feature amount measuring unit 141 measures the change with time of the contact pressure as shown by the left curve of FIG. 6A, and the peak specifying unit 142 calculates the height of the contact pressure peak during the change with time. When the notification is made to 144, the playback unit 144 changes the volume value to “25” as shown in FIG. Further, the feature amount measuring unit 141 measures a change in the contact pressure with time as shown by the curve on the right side of FIG. 6A, and the peak specifying unit 142 determines the height of the contact pressure peak during the change over time as a reproducing unit. When notifying to 144, the reproducing unit 144 changes the value of the volume to “40” as shown in (c) of FIG.

  The operation example 3 of the television 100 has been described above. As described above, the user can change the volume of the television 100 to a desired volume by appropriately adjusting the force applied during the pressing operation on the touch panel type display unit of the tablet terminal 200.

  If the peak specifying unit 142 detects that the indentation amount exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold during measurement of the temporal change by the feature amount measuring unit 141, the peak specifying unit 142 together with the peak of the contact pressure during the temporal change The length of the time when the feature amount measuring unit 141 measures the change with time (that is, the time from the start to the end of the operation for adjusting the volume) may be specified. Then, the peak specifying unit 142 may notify the playback unit 144 of the length of time when the change with time is measured, along with the height of the peak.

  In this case, the playback unit 144 that has received the notification not only performs processing for changing the volume value to a value according to the notified peak height, but also determines the stereo sound localization width for the length of the notified time. You may perform the process changed to the width | variety according to. That is, the television 100 adjusts the stereo sound localization width so that the sound field is widened when the user touches the touch panel display with a finger for a long time, and the user places the finger on the touch panel display for a short time. When touching, the stereo sound localization width may be adjusted so that the sound field is narrowed.

(Advantages of TV 100)
As described above, the television 100 includes the feature amount measuring unit 141 and the peak specifying unit 142.

  The feature amount measuring unit 141 measures a change over time of the feature amount indicating the contact pressure when the user starts operating the television 100 by touching the touch panel display unit.

  The peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the contact pressure (characteristic amount) during the change over time.

  In addition, the television 100 includes a message display processing unit 143 and a playback unit 144.

  The message display processing unit 143 displays words having contents corresponding to the peak height specified by the peak specifying unit 142 on the display unit 160 as tweets of the user of the television 100.

  The playback unit 144 changes the playback speed of the recorded content to a speed corresponding to the peak height specified by the peak specifying unit 142.

  Accordingly, the television 100 performs a process desired by the user when the user appropriately adjusts the force applied to the finger when the user tries to touch the television 100 by touching the touch panel display unit with the finger. There are advantages.

(Appendix 1 of Embodiment 1)
As can be seen from the description of the conversion map in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, when the height of the peak specified by the peak specifying unit 142 is very small, the message display processing unit 143 does not exceptionally display a tweet. . However, the message display processing unit 143 may display a tweet even when the height of the peak specified by the peak specifying unit 142 is very small.

  In addition, the message display processing unit 143 does not exceptionally display a tweet even when the length of time from when the tweet input operation starts until the peak identifying unit 142 identifies the first peak is very short. However, the message display processing unit 143 may display a tweet even when the length of time from when the tweet input operation starts until the peak specifying unit 142 specifies the first peak is very short.

  In addition, the reason why the tweet is not displayed exceptionally is to prevent the tweet having the contents not intended by the user from being input due to an erroneous operation, and it is difficult to read the tweet because the tweet frequently changes in a short time. This is to prevent this.

(Appendix 2 of Embodiment 1)
Note that the message display processing unit 143 reads out the conversion map data at the timing when the television 100 starts receiving information indicating the current contact pressure, not at the timing when the peak height notification is received from the peak specifying unit 142. Also good. In this case, the message display processing unit 143 may display the conversion map represented by the read conversion map data on the display unit 160 immediately after reading the conversion map data.

  When the message display processing unit 143 is configured in this way, a user who is about to input a tweet can see which “how to adjust the contact pressure of the finger on the touch panel type display unit by looking at the displayed conversion map. "Whether such a tweet is input to the television 100".

(Appendix 3 of Embodiment 1)
The feature amount measuring unit 141 may measure not a change with time of the contact pressure but a change with time of the contact area when the user touches the touch panel display unit of the tablet terminal 200 with a finger.

  In this case, the peak specifying unit 142 may specify the peak of the contact area that is changing with time.

(Appendix 4 of Embodiment 1)
The position corresponding to the combination of “the height of the peak of the contact pressure” notified from the peak specifying unit 142 and “the length of time from specifying the previous peak to specifying the current peak” is the conversion in FIG. When belonging to the range indicated by “*” on the map (for example, conversion map 3), the message display processing unit 143 refers to the conversion map (for example, conversion map 2) that was referred to when the previous peak was specified. You may refer to it.

  That is, the message display processing unit 143 refers to the word at the position corresponding to the combination on the conversion map referred to when the peak was previously identified, and displays the referred word on the display unit 160 as a tweet of the user of the television 100. May be. If the position corresponding to the above combination on the conversion map that was referenced when the previous peak was specified also belongs to the range marked with “*”, the message display processing unit 143 has identified the peak the last time. You may refer to a conversion map (for example, conversion map 1) that is sometimes referred to. Then, the message display processing unit 143 refers to the word at the position corresponding to the combination on the conversion map referred to when the peak was identified the last time, and displays the referred word on the display unit 160 as a tweet of the user of the television 100. May be.

[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having exactly the same or substantially the same functions as those described in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

(TV overview)
The television (information processing apparatus) according to the present embodiment is capable of enlarging and displaying (full-screen display) video of a specific area (area specified by the user) in the program video being played back. Yes.

  The user designates the specific area by touching a tactile sensor connected to the television by wire or wireless. Specifically, the user places a finger at a position corresponding to coordinates (x, y) on the urethane surface of the tactile sensor, pushes the urethane surface by z with the finger, and then releases the finger from the urethane surface. Specify the specific area. In this case, the specific area designated by the user is an area corresponding to the push-in amount z, and the coordinate (x in the coordinate system having the coordinate of the upper left corner of the program video as (0, 0). , Y) is a rectangular area with the center.

(Configuration of TV 100A)
A main configuration of the television 100A according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the television 100A.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the television 100A includes a tuner unit 110, an operation signal receiving unit 130A, a CPU 140, a storage unit 150, a display unit 160, and a speaker 170.

(Operation signal receiving unit 130A)
The operation signal receiving unit 130 </ b> A receives an operation signal from the touch sensor 300. The operation signal receiving unit 130A extracts a value indicating the current finger position on the urethane surface and the current pressing amount from the operation signal, and notifies the extracted value to the feature amount measuring unit 141A.

(CPU 140)
The CPU 140 functions as a feature amount measuring unit 141A, a peak specifying unit 142, and a video display control unit 145 by executing a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 150.

  The feature amount measuring unit 141A is notified from the operation signal receiving unit 130A continuously or intermittently until the user releases the finger from the urethane surface after the user presses the urethane surface (operation receiving unit) of the tactile sensor 300 with the finger. Based on the value, the change with time of the position of the finger on the urethane surface and the pressing amount is measured.

  The peak identifying unit 142 identifies the peak of the indentation amount during the change with time when it is detected that the indentation amount exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold value during the measurement of the change with time by the feature amount measuring unit 141A. To do.

  The reproduction unit 144 reproduces the program, thereby supplying the video signal of the program video to be displayed to the video display control unit 145 and outputting the program audio from the speaker 170.

  The video display control unit 145 displays the program video represented by the video signal on the display unit 160.

  Further, the video display control unit 145 displays a full-screen video of a specific area in the displayed program video when the user performs a pressing operation on the urethane surface of the touch sensor 300. Specifically, the image of the region corresponding to the height z of the peak specified by the peak specifying unit 142 and the position (x, y) of the finger on the urethane surface when the pressing amount is at a peak is full. Display on screen.

(Speaker 170)
The speaker 170 is a speaker built in the television 100A.

  Heretofore, the main configuration of the television 100A has been described.

(Tactile sensor 300)
The appearance of the tactile sensor 300 is as shown in FIG.

  The tactile sensor 300 continuously detects the position of the finger on the urethane surface and the amount of pressing while the user is pressing the urethane surface with a finger. The tactile sensor 300 continuously or intermittently receives an operation signal including information indicating the current position of the finger on the urethane surface and the current pressing amount while the user is pressing the urethane surface with a finger. Transmit to TV 100A.

(Operation of TV 100A)
An example of an operation in which the television 100 displays a full-screen image of the designated area when the user performs an operation of designating the area (pressing operation of the touch sensor 300 on the urethane surface) will be described with reference to FIG. .

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining what kind of push operation is performed by the user and the extent of the area.

  When the user starts pressing the urethane surface of touch sensor 300 with his / her finger, television 100A starts receiving an operation signal from touch sensor 300.

  When the television 100 starts receiving the operation signal, the feature amount measuring unit 141 continuously or intermittently operates the operation signal receiving unit 130A until the period in which the television 100 receives the operation signal continuously or intermittently ends. Based on the value notified from, the change with time of the position of the finger on the urethane surface and the pressing amount is measured.

  The peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the indentation amount during the change with time when it is detected that the indentation amount exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold value during the measurement of the change with time by the feature amount measurement unit 141. . Then, the peak specifying unit 142 notifies the video display control unit 145 of the height of the specified peak and the position of the finger on the urethane surface when the pressing amount is at the peak.

  Upon receiving the notification, the video display control unit 145 displays the video of a specific area in the displayed program video in full screen. Specifically, the image of the region corresponding to the height z of the peak specified by the peak specifying unit 142 and the position (x, y) of the finger on the urethane surface when the pressing amount is at a peak is full. Display on screen.

  For example, when the peak height z specified by the peak specifying unit 142 is relatively high as shown in FIG. 9A, the video display control unit 145, as shown in FIG. 9B, The video of a relatively narrow area is extracted from the program video, and the extracted video is displayed in full screen. Further, when the peak height z specified by the peak specifying unit 142 is relatively low as shown in FIG. 9C, the video display control unit 145, as shown in FIG. 9D, A relatively wide area video is extracted from the program video, and the extracted video is displayed in full screen.

  The operation of the television 100A has been described above. As described above, the user can cause the television 100 </ b> A to display a video of a desired region in the full screen on the television 100 </ b> A by adjusting the force applied when pushing the urethane surface of the tactile sensor 300.

  Note that the video display control unit 145 extracts a video of a relatively narrow area from the program video as the peak height z specified by the peak specifying unit 142 is relatively low, and the extracted video is full screen. It may be displayed.

(Appendix 1 of Embodiment 2)
The television 100A may support the display of 3D video. The television 100A can adjust the depth and / or pop-out amount of the three-dimensional image by adjusting the force applied when pushing the urethane surface of the tactile sensor 300 while displaying the three-dimensional image. It may be configured.

  The operation in which the television 100A adjusts the depth and / or pop-out amount of the 3D video will be described.

  When the user starts pressing the urethane surface of touch sensor 300 with his / her finger, television 100A starts receiving an operation signal from touch sensor 300.

  When the television 100A starts receiving the operation signal, the feature amount measuring unit 141 continuously or intermittently operates the operation signal receiving unit 130A until the period in which the television 100A receives the operation signal continuously or intermittently ends. Based on the value notified from, the change over time of the indentation amount is measured.

  The peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the indentation amount during the change with time when it is detected that the indentation amount exceeding the predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold value during the measurement of the change with time by the feature amount measurement unit 141. . Then, the peak specifying unit 142 notifies the depth adjustment processing unit (not shown) of the specified peak height.

  The depth adjustment processing unit that has received the notification adjusts the depth amount and / or the pop-out amount of the three-dimensional image being displayed based on the notified peak height. For example, the depth adjustment processing unit sets the depth amount and / or the pop-out amount of the three-dimensional image being displayed so that the depth amount and / or the pop-out amount relatively increase as the peak height is relatively high. For example, if the 3D video technology using binocular parallax is applied to the present invention, the depth adjustment processing unit changes the depth by changing the amount of shift between the two videos for the left and right eyes. The amount can be varied.

  Further, the television 100A can adjust the shift amount of the two images for the left and right eyes, or adjust the parallax barrier or the polarization axis for a purpose other than the adjustment of the depth amount and / or the protrusion amount. It may be configured. For example, the television 100A may perform the above adjustment for the purpose of moving the current viewing position of the user to a position where more appropriate stereoscopic viewing is possible.

(Appendix 2 of Embodiment 2)
Further, the television 100A may be configured to receive an operation of selecting an object in the 3D video via the touch sensor 300 while displaying the 3D video.

  When this operation is performed, the peak specifying unit 142 specifies the peak of the push amount during the change over time, and the video display control unit 145 determines the position in the depth direction in the three-dimensional video according to the peak height. You may specify the object in a position. The video display control unit 145 may change the display mode of the object or display a cursor near the object in order to make the user recognize that the object has been selected.

[Embodiment 3]
The following will describe still another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having exactly the same or substantially the same functions as those described in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

(Outline of personal computer)
A word processor application is installed in the personal computer (information processing apparatus) according to the present embodiment.

  In addition, when a key is typed, a keyboard built in a personal computer transmits a key signal indicating which of the many keys on the keyboard the typed key is. While being depressed, a signal indicating the amount of depression of the current character key is transmitted continuously or intermittently.

  The user can input text into the word processor application by typing on the keyboard, but can adjust the character key press amount to input a character in a style corresponding to the character key press amount.

(Configuration of personal computer 100B)
A main configuration of the personal computer 100B according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the personal computer 100B.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the personal computer 100 </ b> B includes a keyboard 135, a CPU 140, a storage unit 150, and a display unit 160.

(Keyboard 135)
When the character key (operation receiving unit) is typed, the keyboard 135 transmits a key signal indicating which character key of the many character keys on the keyboard 135 is the typed character key. The keyboard 135 continuously or intermittently displays the current character key while the character key is being pressed (from when the user starts pressing the character key with a finger until the user releases the finger). A signal indicating the pressing amount (amount indicating how much the character key is currently pressed) is transmitted.

(CPU 140)
The CPU 140 functions as a feature amount measuring unit 141B, a peak specifying unit 142, and a character style determining unit 146 by executing a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 150.

  Each time the user presses a character key on the keyboard 135, the feature amount measuring unit 141B measures a change with time of the pressing amount of the character key based on a signal transmitted from the keyboard 135 continuously or intermittently.

  When the peak specifying unit 142 detects that the pressing amount exceeding a predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold during measurement of the temporal change by the feature amount measuring unit 141B, the peak specifying unit 142 peaks the pressing amount of the character key during the temporal change. Is identified.

  The character style determination unit 146 determines a character style to be input and displayed according to the type of the character key based on the height of the peak of the pressing amount of the character key specified by the peak specifying unit 142.

  Heretofore, the main configuration of the personal computer 100B has been described.

(Operation of personal computer 100B)
An example of an operation in which the personal computer 100B displays a character string input by operating the keyboard 135 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining what kind of display character string is input to the personal computer 100B when the user performs “keyboard operation for inputting a certain character string”.

  The personal computer 100B performs the following steps A to G each time the user presses a character key on the keyboard 135.

  (Step A) When the user starts pressing the character key of the keyboard 135, the keyboard 135 starts an operation of continuously or intermittently transmitting a signal indicating the amount of pressing the current character key.

  (Process B) The feature amount measuring unit 141B performs character processing based on a signal transmitted from the keyboard 135 continuously or intermittently until the period in which the keyboard 135 continuously or intermittently transmits the signal ends. Measure the time change of key press amount.

  (Step C) When the pressing amount of the character key reaches a predetermined amount, the keyboard 135 transmits a key signal indicating which character key of the many character keys on the keyboard 135 is.

  (Process D) The character style determination unit 146 receives a key signal transmitted from the keyboard 135.

  (Step E) When the peak specifying unit 142 detects that the amount of pressing exceeding a predetermined threshold has decreased to the threshold during measurement of the temporal change by the feature amount measuring unit 141B, the peak specifying unit 142 Identify indentation peak. Then, the peak identification unit 142 notifies the character style determination unit 146 of the identified peak height.

  (Step F) When the character style determination unit 146 receives a key signal from the keyboard 135 and receives a peak height notification from the peak specifying unit 142, is the peak height equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold? Determine whether or not.

  (Step G) When the character style determination unit 146 determines that the peak height is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold (the threshold T in FIG. 11A), the character corresponding to the received key signal is bold. Decide to display and display bold text in the editing area of the word processor application. On the other hand, when the character style determination unit 146 determines that the peak height is less than the predetermined threshold, the character style determination unit 146 determines to display the character corresponding to the received key signal in the normal style, Is displayed in the editing area of the word processor application.

  Since the personal computer 100B performs the above operation, the user can input a character string in which two types of character styles are mixed without using a shortcut key or a mouse.

  For example, the user may enter the string “I am VERY HAPPY.” So that “I am” is displayed in the normal style and “VERY HAPPY.” Is displayed in bold. Think.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 11A, the user may press the key of each character “I am” weakly and press the key of each character “VERY HAPPY” weakly.

  That is, when the user presses the key of each character “I am” weakly, each character “I am” is displayed in the normal style as shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the user strongly presses the key of each character of “VERY HAPPY.”, A character string “I am VERY HAPPY.” In which two types of character styles are mixed is displayed.

(Appendix 1 of Embodiment 3)
In the third embodiment, the character style determination unit 146 displays the character in bold when it is determined that the peak height is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, and determines that the peak height is less than the predetermined threshold. In some cases, the characters were displayed in the normal style.

  The present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The character style determination unit 146 displays the character in italics when it is determined that the peak height is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, and the character style determination unit 146 displays the character when it is determined that the peak height is less than the predetermined threshold. It may be displayed in a normal style.

  Alternatively, when the character style determination unit 146 determines that the peak height is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, the character style is displayed in uppercase letters, and when the peak height is determined to be less than the predetermined threshold. May display alphabetic characters in lower case.

  Alternatively, when the character style determination unit 146 determines that the peak height is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the character style is displayed in a Gothic style, and when the peak height is determined to be less than the predetermined threshold. May display characters in line font.

(Additional notes of Embodiments 1 to 3)
The feature amount measuring unit measures the change of the feature amount over time, and this feature amount may be any amount as long as the force applied to the operation receiving unit by the user is increased. . That is, the feature amount measuring unit 141 is configured to measure a change with time of the contact pressure or the contact area, and the feature amount measuring units 141A and 141B are configured to measure a change with time of the pushing amount. The contact area and the push-in amount are only examples of such feature amounts.

(Appendix 2 of Embodiment 3)
The personal computer 100B may include a character size determining unit (not shown) instead of the character style determining unit 146.

  In this case, the character size determination unit may display characters in a relatively large size as the peak height is relatively high.

[Other Embodiments]
Other embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described.

(Stove)
The present invention can also be implemented as a stove provided with a button for ignition and extinguishing and a thermal power adjustment button. When the thermal power adjustment button is pressed with a finger while the ignition is in progress, the control unit (not shown) of the stove controls until the finger is released from the thermal power adjustment button (that is, the thermal power adjustment button returns to the free position). The peak of the amount of pressing of the thermal power adjustment button in between is specified. And the control part of a stove will adjust the thermal power which becomes the intensity | strength according to the height of the specified peak, if a peak is specified.

(microwave)
The present invention can also be implemented as a microwave oven with adjustable output wattage. When the button for adjusting the output wattage is pressed with a finger, the control unit (not shown) of the microwave oven moves the button until the finger leaves the button (ie, the button returns to the free position). Identify indentation peak. And the control part of a microwave oven will adjust the output wattage which will become the value according to the height of the specified peak, if a peak is specified.

(Air conditioner)
The present invention can also be implemented as an air conditioner with a remote control provided with a temperature adjustment button. When the temperature adjustment button is pressed with a finger, the control unit (not shown) of the air conditioner pushes the temperature adjustment button until the finger is released from the temperature adjustment button (that is, the temperature adjustment button returns to the free position). Identify quantity peaks. And if the control part of an air-conditioner specifies a peak, it will adjust the preset temperature of an air-conditioner so that it may become the temperature according to the height of the specified peak.

(Fan)
The present invention can also be implemented as a fan provided with an air volume button. When the air volume button is pressed with a finger, the control unit (not shown) of the fan causes the peak of the air volume button to be pressed until the finger is released from the air volume button (that is, the air volume button returns to the free position). Identify. And if CPU of a fan specifies a peak, it will adjust the rotational speed of a blade | wing so that it may become the air volume according to the height of the specified peak.

  The present invention can also be implemented as a fan that can adjust the swing width and / or swing speed. When the adjustment button is pressed with a finger, the control unit of the electric fan specifies a peak of the pressing amount of the adjustment button until the finger is released from the adjustment button (that is, the adjustment button returns to the free position). And if CPU of a fan specifies a peak, it will adjust a swing width and / or a swing speed so that it may become a width | variety according to the height of the specified peak.

(Control device that controls the opening and closing speed of the door)
The present invention can also be implemented as a control device that controls the opening / closing speed of an automatic door and / or the opening / closing speed of an elevator door. The control device includes a button for controlling the opening / closing speed of the door, and the button is operated by an administrator of a building where the elevator and / or the automatic door is installed.

  When this button is pressed with a finger, the CPU (not shown) of this control device specifies the peak of the button pressing amount until the finger is released from the button (ie, the button returns to the free position). And if CPU of a control apparatus specifies a peak, it will control the opening and closing speed of a door so that it may become a speed according to the height of the specified peak.

(vending machine)
The present invention can also be implemented as a vending machine that sells freshly brewed coffee. The vending machine is provided with a button for specifying the temperature of the coffee.

  When this button is pressed with a finger, the control unit (not shown) of this vending machine identifies the peak of the button pressing amount until the finger is released from the button (ie, the button returns to the free position). To do. And if the control part of a vending machine specifies a peak, it will adjust the temperature of the hot water used in order to make coffee so that the temperature of the coffee at the time of completion may become the temperature according to the height of the peak.

(game machine)
The present invention can also be implemented as a game machine equipped with a fighting game medium (such as a disc). A user who is playing a fighting game can push out a technique according to the type of button and the amount of button press by pressing a button on the controller.

  That is, when the user presses the button with a finger, the CPU (not shown) of this game machine identifies the peak of the button pressing amount until the finger leaves the button (that is, the button returns to the free position). To do. Then, when the CPU of the game machine identifies the peak, processing according to the height of the identified peak and the type of button (processing for outputting a voice indicating the name of the technique, processing for drawing a character that is delivering the technique, etc. )I do.

(Flush toilet)
The present invention can also be implemented as a flush toilet equipped with a button for adjusting the amount of water that flows to wash the toilet.

  When the button is pressed with a finger, the control unit (not shown) of the toilet specifies a peak of the amount of pressing of the button until the finger is released from the button (that is, the button returns to the free position). When the toilet control unit specifies the peak, the toilet control unit controls the toilet so that toilet cleaning water flows in an amount corresponding to the peak height when the flush lever is pulled.

  The present invention can also be implemented as a flush toilet with a buttocks cleaning function that includes a button for adjusting the momentum of water for washing the buttocks.

  When the button is pressed with a finger, the control unit (not shown) of the toilet specifies a peak of the amount of pressing of the button until the finger is released from the button (that is, the button returns to the free position). And a toilet control part will control this toilet so that the momentum of the water which comes out at the time of use of a buttocks washing function may become the intensity according to the height of a peak, if a peak is specified.

(Additional notes common to each embodiment)
The apparatus of each embodiment includes a peak specifying unit that specifies a peak of a feature amount during a change over time, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. The apparatus of each embodiment replaces the peak specifying unit, and an integral value calculating unit that calculates a time integrated value of the feature amount during a change with time (that is, a period from when the user starts the operation to when the operation ends) (Not shown) may be provided.

  And the apparatus of each embodiment may perform the process according to the magnitude | size of the calculated time integration value. For example, regarding the operation example 2 of the first embodiment, when the reproduction unit 144 of the television 100 is notified of the time integral value of the contact pressure from the integral value calculation unit while reproducing the BD content, the notified time integration is performed. The chapter jump may be performed by the number of chapters corresponding to the magnitude of the value. Alternatively, when the time integral value of the contact pressure is notified from the integral value calculation unit while the recorded content is being reproduced, the reproducing unit 144 responds to the size of the time integrated value notified of the reproduction speed of the recorded content. The playback speed may be changed.

  In addition, regarding the supplementary note 2 of the second embodiment, the video display control unit 145 is configured to display the 3D video in the 3D video when the integral value calculation unit notifies the time integration value of the push amount while displaying the 3D video. You may identify the object in which the position of a depth direction exists in the position according to the magnitude | size of the time integral value. The video display control unit 145 may change the display mode of the object or display a cursor near the object in order to make the user recognize that the object has been selected.

  In addition, the character style determination unit 146 of the personal computer 100B according to the third embodiment inputs and displays the character key according to the type of the character key based on the time integral value of the character key pressing amount calculated by the integral value calculation unit. The character style to be played may be determined.

[Example of software implementation]
The control blocks of the television 100, the television 100A, and the personal computer 100B (in particular, a feature amount measurement unit, a peak identification unit, a message display processing unit, a reproduction unit, a video display control unit, and a character style determination unit) are integrated circuits (ICs). It may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed on a chip) or the like, or may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  In the latter case, each device includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a memory in which the above-described program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU). An apparatus (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like are provided. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The information processing apparatus (the television 100, 100A, personal computer 100B) according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured so that the user touches the operation receiving unit (touch panel type display unit, urethane surface of the touch sensor 300, character keys of the keyboard 135). Measuring means (feature quantity measuring units 141, 141A, 141B) for measuring changes over time of specified feature quantities (contact pressure, contact area, indentation quantity) when the operation of the apparatus is started. Specifying means (peak specifying unit 142) for specifying a value relating to the above, and executing means (message display processing unit 143, reproduction unit 144, video display control unit 145) for executing processing according to the magnitude of the value specified by the specifying unit A character style determination unit 146), and the feature amount is added to the operation reception unit by the user by the contact. The value related to the feature value during the change over time is a value indicating the peak height of the feature value during the change over time, or during the change over time. It is a time integral value of the feature amount at.

  With the above configuration, the information processing apparatus has an advantage of performing a process desired by the user when the user appropriately adjusts the force applied to the operation receiving unit for the operation.

  The information processing apparatus (television 100) according to aspect 2 of the present invention is the information processing apparatus (television 100) according to aspect 1, in which the specifying unit is configured to obtain a peak of the feature amount during the change over time as the value related to the feature amount during the change over time. It is configured to specify a value indicating the height, and the specifying means is configured to repeatedly specify a value indicating the height of the peak during the change over time, and the execution means (message The display processing unit 143) may execute processing corresponding to the peak height indicated by the specified value each time the specifying means specifies a value indicating the peak height.

  With the above configuration, the information processing apparatus has an additional effect that even if the user performs the operation only once, the process desired by the user can be performed a plurality of times.

  The information processing apparatus according to aspect 3 of the present invention is the information processing apparatus according to aspect 2, in which the execution unit determines the peak indicated by the value specified by the specifying unit each time the specifying unit specifies a value indicating the peak height. You may perform the process according to height and the length of time until the said specific means specifies the value which shows the height of the said peak after the said specific means performs the said specification immediately.

  In the information processing apparatus (television 100) according to aspect 4 of the present invention, in any of the aspects 1 to 3, the feature amount may be the contact pressure or area.

  An information processing apparatus (a television 100A, a personal computer 100B) according to aspect 5 of the present invention is configured such that, in any of the aspects 1 to 3, the operation reception unit receives a push-in operation. The feature amount may be a push amount generated by the push operation.

  An information processing apparatus (television 100) according to aspect 6 of the present invention includes a reproduction unit (reproduction unit 144) that reproduces content in any of the aspects 1 to 5 described above, and the execution unit ( The process executed by the message display processing unit 143) according to the height of the peak is a process of displaying words indicating the user's feelings about the content on the display unit, and the execution means includes the peak height The words to be displayed on the display unit as words indicating the user's emotion may be determined and displayed on the display unit.

  According to the above configuration, the information processing apparatus displays an emotion word indicating the user's emotion when the user appropriately adjusts the force applied to the operation reception unit for the operation. There are advantages.

  In the information processing apparatus (television 100) according to aspect 7 of the present invention, in the aspect 1, the execution unit is a reproduction unit (reproduction unit 144) that reproduces content, and the execution unit is set at the peak height. The process to be executed in response may be a process of changing the playback speed of the content being played back to a speed according to the peak height.

  According to the above configuration, when the user appropriately adjusts the force applied to the operation receiving unit for the operation, the information processing apparatus sets the playback speed of the content being played back to a speed desired by the user. There is a further advantage of changing to

  In the information processing apparatus (television 100) according to aspect 8 of the present invention, in the aspect 1, the processing executed by the execution unit (reproducing unit 144) according to the height of the peak is configured such that the volume of the apparatus itself is the peak. The volume may be changed according to the height of the sound.

  According to the above configuration, in the information processing apparatus, the volume of the information processing apparatus is set to a volume desired by the user when the user appropriately adjusts the force applied to the operation reception unit for the operation. There is a further advantage of changing.

  In the information processing apparatus according to aspect 9 of the present invention, in the above aspect 1, the operation reception unit is a character key (character key of the keyboard 135), and the processing executed by the execution unit (character style determination unit 146) includes: When the character key is pressed, the character corresponding to the character key is displayed on the display unit, the characteristic amount is the amount of pressing the character key, and the execution means is specified by the specifying means. When the height of the peak indicated by the value is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, the character may be displayed in a display mode different from that in the case where the height of the peak is less than the predetermined threshold.

  According to the above configuration, the information processing apparatus easily adjusts the character of the display mode desired by the user to the user who wants to input the character (that is, appropriately adjusts the force of pressing the character key). It has the additional effect that it can be input.

  In the information processing apparatus (television 100) according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the execution means (reproducing unit 144) is configured such that the peak height indicated by the value specified by the specifying means and the user starts the operation. Then, processing corresponding to both the length of time until the above operation is completed may be executed.

  The information processing apparatus according to aspect 11 of the present invention further includes a reproduction means (reproduction unit 144) for reproducing the content in any one of the aspects 1 to 3, wherein the execution means is identified by the identification means. The output mode of the information related to the content being played back by the playback means may be controlled based on the magnitude of the value.

  For example, the execution means may change the content of the tweet related to the content being played back by the playback means based on the magnitude of the value specified by the specifying means. Alternatively, the execution means controls the output mode of information related to the content (video information included in the content) by changing the playback speed of the content to a speed corresponding to the value specified by the specifying means. May be.

  In addition, for example, the execution unit outputs information related to the content (audio information included in the content) by changing the volume of the information processing apparatus to a volume corresponding to the value specified by the specifying unit. The aspect may be controlled.

  The information processing method according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention is an information processing method by an information processing device, and when a user starts an operation of the information processing device by touching an operation receiving unit, a change over time in a prescribed feature amount Measuring step, a specifying step for specifying a value related to the feature amount during the time-dependent change, and an executing step for executing a process according to the magnitude of the value specified in the specifying step. The feature amount is such that the larger the force applied by the user to the operation receiving unit by the contact, the larger the feature amount, and the value related to the feature amount during the change over time is the value during the change over time. This is a value indicating the peak height of the feature value, or a time integral value of the feature value during the change over time.

  According to said structure, the said information processing method has an effect similar to the information processing apparatus which concerns on aspect 1 of this invention.

  The information processing apparatus according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the information processing apparatus is realized by the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit included in the information processing apparatus. A program and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  The present invention can be suitably applied to devices such as a television and a personal computer.

100, 100A TV (information processing device)
100B Personal computer (information processing device)
140 CPU
141, 141A, 141B Feature quantity measuring unit (measuring means)
142 Peak identification part (identification means)
143 Message display processing unit (execution means)
144 Reproduction unit (execution means, reproduction means)
145 video display control unit (execution means)
146 Character style determination unit (execution means)

Claims (6)

A measuring means for measuring a time-dependent change of a specified feature amount when a user starts operation of the device by touching the operation receiving unit;
A specifying means for specifying a value related to the feature amount during the change over time;
Execution means for executing processing according to the magnitude of the value specified by the specifying means,
The feature amount is an amount that increases as the force applied by the user to the operation receiving unit through the contact increases.
The specifying means is configured to specify a value indicating a height of a peak of the feature amount during the change over time, as the value related to the feature amount during the change over time,
The specifying means is configured to repeatedly specify a value indicating the height of the peak during the change over time,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the execution unit executes a process according to a peak height indicated by the specified value each time the specifying unit specifies a value indicating the peak height . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specified feature amount is a contact area value . The execution means, each time the specifying means specifies a value indicating the height of the peak, the peak height indicated by the value specified by the specifying means, and the specifying means immediately after performing the specifying. the specific means to execute a process corresponding to the length of time to determine the value that indicates the height of the peak, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. It further comprises playback means for playing back the content,
The execution means is configured to display information on the content on a display unit,
It said executing means, on the basis of the magnitude of the value of the specific means has identified, to update the information displayed on the display unit, it in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The information processing apparatus described. An information processing method by an information processing apparatus,
A measurement step of measuring a time-dependent change of a specified feature amount when a user starts an operation of the information processing device by contact with an operation reception unit;
A specific step of specifying a value related to the feature amount during the change over time;
An execution step of executing processing according to the magnitude of the value specified in the specifying step,
The feature amount is an amount that increases as the force applied by the user to the operation receiving unit through the contact increases.
In the specifying step, as the value related to the feature amount during the change over time, a value indicating a peak height of the feature amount during the change over time is specified,
In the specifying step, during the change over time, the value indicating the height of the peak is repeatedly specified,
Each time that identifies the value indicating the height of the peak at the specific step, a process according to the height of the peak indicated by the specified value to run in the execution step, the information processing method characterized by. The information processing method according to claim 5, wherein the specified feature amount is a contact area value.

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