Patent ID: 8786636
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display having a screen; a sensor configured to detect an inclination; a controller configured to display a first object on the screen and display a second object associated with the first object on the screen in accordance with the inclination detected by the sensor; and a touch panel configured to detect contact, wherein the second object is an object operable with the touch panel, and the controller switches availability of an operation of the second object using the touch panel in accordance with the inclination, wherein a rotational perspective of objects including the first object and the second object displayed on the screen of the display is changed such that the second object is displayed to emerge from a hidden state in correspondence with an increased degree of the inclination, wherein a function associated with a selection of the second object by operation of the second object with the touch panel remains disabled until the inclination becomes greater than a predetermined threshold and the second object has emerged a predetermined amount past a point at which the second object first emerges to be displayed, and wherein the first object having the changed rotational perspective is continued to be displayed on the screen of the display at a time the function associated with the selection of the second object by operation of the second object with the touch panel is enabled.