Information processing apparatus and method of displaying operation window

• US 20040257335A1
• Filed: 01/30/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Numano, Fujihito
• Application Number:
  US10/767,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20040257335A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

An information processing apparatus comprises a first display device, a second display device, and a display controller which displays, on the second display device, a first operation window regarding information displayed on the first display device.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first display device;

a second display device; and

a display controller which displays, on the second display device, an operation window regarding information displayed on the first display device.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet;

and

the display controller displays, on the second display device, a second operation window including all or part of a first operation window regarding the information displayed on the first display device, whereby the second operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller displays, on the second display device, the second operation window in accordance with a given condition.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first display device displays a first operation window regarding information displayed on the first display device;

the second display device displays a second operation window including all or part of the first operation window; and

the display controller makes the first and second display device display the second and first operation windows, whereby the first operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first display device displays a first operation window regarding information displayed on the first display device;

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet; and

the display controller displays, on the second display device, the first operation window, whereby the first operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display controller displays, on the second display device, the first operation window, when the first display device displays a full-screen image.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet;

and

the display controller displays, on the second display device, a second operation window including all or part of first operation windows regarding the information displayed on the first display device, whereby the second operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet;

and

the display controller displays, on the second display device, one of hierarchized second operation windows including all or part of a first operation window regarding the information displayed on the first display device, whereby the second operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display device comprises an operation member which canceling display of the operation window;

and the display controller returns the second display device to a state before the operation window is displayed in accordance with an operation of the operation member.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display controller, when the operation window regarding information on an application program displayed on the first display device is displayed on the second display device, returns the second display device to a state before displaying the operation window in accordance with termination of the application program.

11. A method of displaying an operation window, comprising:

displaying information on a first display device; and

displaying, on a second display device, an operation window regarding the information displayed on the first display device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet;

and a second operation window including all or part of a first operation window regarding the information displayed on the first display device is displayed on the second display device, whereby the second operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the second operation window is displayed on the second display device in accordance with a given condition.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the first display device displays a first operation window regarding information displayed on the first display device;

the second display device displays a second operation window including all or part of the first operation window; and

further comprising;

making the first and second display device display the second and first operation windows, whereby the first operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the first display device displays a first operation window regarding information displayed on the first display device;

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet; and

further comprising;

displaying the first operation window on the second display device, whereby the first operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first operation window is displayed on the second display device, when the first display device displays a full-screen image.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet;

and further comprising;

displaying a second operation window including all or part of first operation windows regarding the information displayed on the first display device on the second display device, whereby the second operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the second display device comprises a touch screen function integrally provided with a tablet;

and further comprising;

displaying one of hierarchized second operation windows including all or part of a first operation window regarding the information displayed on the first display device on the second display device, whereby the second operation window can be operated by a touch operation.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second display device comprises an operation member which canceling display of the operation window;

and further comprising;

returning the second display device to a state before the operation window is displayed in accordance with an operation of the operation member.

20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

displaying an application program on the first display device;

displaying an operation window regarding the application program displayed on the first display device on the second display device; and

returning the second display device to a state before displaying the operation window in accordance with termination of the application program.