1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
an input position detecting unit configured to detect at least one operator positioned on an operation input unit;
a direction detecting unit configured to detect a moving direction of the at least one operator based on time change of respective positions of the detected at least one operator;
a magnification change unit configured to change a magnification of a screen in accordance with a number of operators detected by the input position detecting unit; and
a display content moving unit configured to move a content displayed on the screen along the moving direction of the at least one operator detected by the direction detecting unit, wherein
the magnification change unit changes the magnification of the screen in accordance with a number of operators that are simultaneously detected, and
an amount of magnification of the screen in relation to the number of simultaneously detected operators is defined differently between a first application and a second application.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the magnification change unit reduces the magnification as the number of operators increases, and increases the magnification as the number of operators decreases.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when a plurality of operators exists, the direction detecting unit selects, as the moving direction, a direction corresponding to a sum of vectors defined by trails drawn by the respective operators.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the respective position of any one of the at least one operator is changed by a predetermined threshold value or more, the direction detecting unit determines that the corresponding operator has moved.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display content moving unit moves the content displayed on the screen at a fixed speed in accordance with a moving distance of the operator, irrespective of the magnification of the screen.
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the amount of magnification corresponding to each number of the simultaneously detected operators is stored in a database for each one of a plurality of executable applications including the first application and the second application.
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first application is a map application and the second application is a web browser application.
8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a storage unit configured to store information for each one of a plurality of executable applications including the first application and the second application on the amount of magnification corresponding to each number of the simultaneously detected operators.
9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first application is a map application and the second application is a web browser application.
10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the amount of magnification in relation to the number of simultaneously detected operators is predefined for each one of a plurality of executable applications including the first application and the second application.
11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first application is a map application and the second application is a web browser application.
12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first application is a map application and the second application is a web browser application.
13. An information processing method comprising the steps of:
detecting at least one operator positioned on an operation input unit;
detecting a moving direction of the at least one operator based on time change of respective positions of the detected at least one operator;
changing a magnification of a screen in accordance with a number of operators detected; and
moving a content displayed on the screen along the moving direction of the detected at least one operator, wherein
the magnification of the screen is changed in accordance with a number of operators that are simultaneously detected, and
an amount of magnification of the screen in relation to the number of simultaneously detected operators is defined differently between a first application and a second application.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
detecting at least one operator positioned on an operation input unit;
detecting a moving direction of the at least one operator based on time change of respective positions of the detected at least one operator;
changing a magnification of a screen in accordance with a number of operators detected; and
moving a content displayed on the screen along the moving direction of the detected at least one operator, wherein
the magnification of the screen is changed in accordance with a number of operators that are simultaneously detected, and
an amount of magnification of the screen in relation to the number of simultaneously detected operators is defined differently between a first application and a second application.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
determining by a computer, for each of a plurality of information representations associated with a content of a timed media file, a segment of the timed media file based on the information representation, including determining, for each of the segments, a start time of the segment and an end time of the segment both depending upon the information representation for the segment; and
storing, for each of the plurality of information representations, data that associates the information representation with the determined segment.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the determined segments overlap with each other.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising performing speech recognition of the content of the timed media file, and wherein determining comprises, for each of the information representations, the segment based on a result of the speech recognition.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising performing optical character recognition of the content of the timed media file, and wherein determining comprises, for each of the information representations, the segment based on a result of the optical character recognition.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining comprises, for a first one of the segments:
determining a plurality of occurrences of the associated information representation in the timed media file; and
determining the first one of the segments such that the plurality of occurrences are within the start time and the end time of the first one of the segments.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining comprises, for a first one of the segments:
determining a plurality of occurrences of the associated information representation in the timed media file;
determining a first subset and a different second subset of the plurality of occurrences; and
determining the first one of the segments such that the first subset of the plurality of occurrences, and not the second subset of the plurality of occurrences, are within the start time and the end time of the first one of the segments.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein determining the first and second subsets comprises determining the first and second subsets based on a temporal distribution of the occurrences.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining comprises determining each of the segments to have at least a minimum length.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein storing comprises storing the data in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
determining by a computer, for each of a plurality of information representations associated with a content of a timed media file, a segment of the timed media file based on the information representation;
storing, for each of the plurality of information representations, data that associates the information representation with the determined segment;
determining, for each of the information representations, a magnitude of relevance of the segment to the information representation; and
storing data representing each of the magnitudes of relevance.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising determining, for each of a plurality of information representations associated with a timed media file, a segment of the timed media file based on the information representation, including determining, for each of the segments, a start time of the segment and an end time of the segment both depending upon the information representation for the segment.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein at least two of the determined segments overlap with each other.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises performing optical character recognition of the content of the timed media file, and wherein determining comprises, for each of the information representations, the segment based on a result of the optical character recognition.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises determining, for each of the information representations, a magnitude of relevance of the segment to the information representation.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining comprises, for a first one of the segments:
determining a plurality of occurrences of the associated information representation in the timed media file; and
determining the first one of the segments such that the plurality of occurrences are within the start time and the end time of the first one of the segments.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining comprises, for a first one of the segments:
determining a plurality of occurrences of the associated information representation in the timed media file;
determining a first subset and a different second subset of the plurality of occurrences; and
determining the first one of the segments such that the first subset of the plurality of occurrences, and not the second subset of the plurality of occurrences, are within the start time and the end time of the first one of the segments.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein determining the first and second subsets comprises determining the first and second subsets based on a temporal distribution of the occurrences.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining comprises determining each of the segments to have at least a minimum length.