Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090309830 | CONTROL APPARATUS, INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, HANDHELD INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A control apparatus, an input apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a program therefor that are capable of improving operability when a user operates a GUI displayed on a screen by a pointer using the input apparatus are provided. An MPU of a control apparatus sets weighting factors for each region sectioning a screen. The MPU multiplies the weighting factors to corresponding displacement amounts to independently calculate displacement amounts of a pointer on the screen. Accordingly, a movement direction of the pointer can be biased in a predetermined direction. Thus, when a user operates an input apparatus to select an icon aligned in a 1-dimensional direction on the screen, for example, an operation of the pointer can be restricted to that 1-dimensional direction. Therefore the user can easily select the icon, thus improving operability of the pointer. | 12-17-2009 |
20100001953 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND HANDHELD APPARATUS - To provide an input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of improving an operational feeling when a user uses the input apparatus to input an operation signal via an operation section. An MPU ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100033424 | ELECTRONIC APPARTUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic apparatus and a control method are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption. The electronic apparatus having a normal mode in which first electric power is consumed and a power-saving mode in which second electric power lower than the first electric power is consumed includes a first sensor and a second sensor whose power consumption is lower than that of the first sensor. In the power-saving mode, supply of power to the first sensor is restricted, the second sensor is set to the power-saving mode, a trigger for restoring the power-saving mode to the normal mode is detected by using the second sensor set to the power-saving mode, and the power-saving mode is restored to the normal mode based on the detected trigger. | 02-11-2010 |
20100039382 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, an input apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of improving operability when a target object is selected on a screen are provided. A control apparatus is provided to which, when a button is pressed in a state where a pointer is indicating an area around an icon on a screen, a signal indicating that the button has been pressed and a signal of positional information of the pointer at that time are input, and the control apparatus performs movement control such that the pointer indicates the icon based on those signals. Therefore, even when the pointer is not directly indicating the icon, the icon can be indicated by indicating the area around the icon, thus improving operability in selecting the icon on the screen by the pointer. | 02-18-2010 |
20100103095 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of making a movement of a pointer on a screen a natural movement that matches an intuition of a user are provided. An input apparatus includes a casing, an acceleration sensor, and an angular velocity sensor. The acceleration sensor detects an acceleration value of the casing in a first direction. The angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity about an axis in a second direction different from the first direction. Instead of calculating a velocity value of the casing by simply integrating the detected acceleration value, the velocity value of the casing in the first direction is calculated based on the acceleration value and the angular velocity value that have been detected. As a result, a highly-accurate calculation of the velocity value of the casing becomes possible, and a movement of a pointer on a screen becomes a natural movement that matches a sense of a user based on a displacement corresponding to the velocity value. | 04-29-2010 |
20100103096 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND HANDHELD APPARATUS - An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method therefor, that are capable of solving a problem on gravity that affects an acceleration sensor of an input apparatus when tilted from its original position, and reducing a calculation amount are provided. An MPU of an input apparatus corrects angular velocity values by rotational coordinate conversion corresponding to a calculated roll angle to obtain correction angular velocity values (second and first correction angular velocity values) as correction values. Accordingly, even when a user moves the input apparatus in a state where the input apparatus is tilted with respect to an axis in a gravity direction (vertical axis) about a Z axis, effects of gravity acceleration components in X′- and Y′-axis directions that are generated by the tilt can be removed. | 04-29-2010 |
20100201619 | INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND HANDHELD APPARATUS - An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a handheld apparatus with which a user can easily control a movement and stop of a pointer displayed on a screen are provided. An input apparatus includes a sensor unit for detecting a movement of a casing and a button. An MPU outputs a determination code when a press of the button is released within a first time period. On the other hand, when the button is pressed and held for a time period equal to or longer than a first time period, a movement command is output from after an elapse of the first time period. Accordingly, the button is provided with a function corresponding to a determination input button and a function corresponding to an input button for controlling a movement and stop of a pointer, for example. As a result, a user can easily control the movement and stop of the pointer without mixing up an input operation for moving and stopping the pointer with other input operations. | 08-12-2010 |
20130234724 | DISCRIMINATING APPARATUS, DISCRIMINATING METHOD AND DISCRIMINATING SYSTEM - A discriminating apparatus includes a discrimination section configured to discriminate the presence or absence of an abnormality, in accordance with information on power generation from a power generation section. | 09-12-2013 |
20130241692 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTAINER SYSTEM - An authentication apparatus includes an authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing according to power generation information from a power generation unit configured to generate electric power from ambient energy. | 09-19-2013 |
20150046734 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic apparatus and a control method are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption. The electronic apparatus having a normal mode in which first electric power is consumed and a power-saving mode in which second electric power lower than the first electric power is consumed includes a first sensor and a second sensor whose power consumption is lower than that of the first sensor. In the power-saving mode, supply of power to the first sensor is restricted, the second sensor is set to the power-saving mode, a trigger for restoring the power-saving mode to the normal mode is detected by using the second sensor set to the power-saving mode, and the power-saving mode is restored to the normal mode based on the detected trigger. | 02-12-2015 |