Facilitating display of a menu and selection of a menu item via a touch screen interface

摘要

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operating tool detector for detecting a touch state of an operating tool with a display panel; a display controller for, when change of a pointing direction of the operating tool is detected by the operating tool detector on an object selected on the display panel, controlling the display panel to display near the object an operation menu containing one or more operation items I selectable for the object; and an operation item selecting portion for, when the operation menu is displayed, selecting one of the operation items in accordance with the change in the pointing direction of the operating tool detected by the operating tool detector from the operation menu.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a machine comprising a display panel, wherein the machine is configured to act as:
an operating tool detector to detect a touch state of an operating tool with the display panel, wherein the touch state concerns interaction with an object displayed on the display panel;a display controller to, in response to the operating tool detector detecting a first rotation of the operating tool away from a first pointing direction to a second pointing direction by at least a predetermined angle, control the display panel to display an operation menu in a graphical interface comprising one or more selectable operation items for the object displayed on the display; andan operation item selecting portion to, in response to the operating tool detector detecting a second rotation of the operating tool away from the second pointing direction to a third pointing direction, select one of the selectable operating items from the operation menu based at least in part on the third pointing direction.