Display control device, display control method, computer product

• US 20050168441A1
• Filed: 03/30/2005
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Obitsu, Toshiro, Higuchi, Hisamichi
• Application Number:
  US11/092,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20050168441A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A display control device controls a display device that displays a screen area wider than a screen display area. The display control device includes a non-display area in the surrounding part of the screen display area, that receives pen input, but does not display the screen; a screen edge detecting unit that detects the touching of the non-display area by the pen; a movement determining unit that determines whether to start scrolling the display screen in a specific direction or whether to stop the scrolling based on whether the pen is touched in the non-display area, the direction of movement, and the amount of movement of the pen, and a display screen shift instruction unit that instructs the display device to start or stop scrolling the display screen.

Claims

1. A display control device that controls a display device capable of displaying a screen area wider than a screen display area, comprising:

an identifying unit that detects an input in an input receiving area provided near the screen display area; and

a display shift instruction unit that instructs the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on a result of detection by the identifying unit.

2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the input receiving area is provided around the screen display area.

3. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the identifying unit identifies a shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the display shift instruction unit instructs the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on the shape identified by the identifying unit.

4. The display control device according to claim 3, wherein the identifying unit identifies as a line any line drawn from left to right, or from right to left, or from bottom to top, or from top to bottom, and the display shift instruction unit instructs the display device to shift the display screen towards left if the line is drawn from left to right, towards right if the line is drawn from right to left, downward if the line is drawn from bottom to top, and upward if the line is drawn from top to bottom.

5. The display control device according to claim 4, wherein the identifying unit identifies the line drawn from left to right in the input receiving area to the right of the screen display area, the line drawn from right to left in the input receiving area to the left of the screen display area, the line drawn from bottom to top in the input receiving area above the screen display area, and the line drawn from top to bottom in the input receiving area below the screen display area, and the display shift instruction unit instructs the display device to scroll to the left if the line identified by the identifying unit is drawn from left to right, to the right if the line identified by the identifying unit is drawn from right to left, downward if the line identified by the identifying unit is drawn from bottom to top, and upward if the line identified by the identifying unit is drawn from top to bottom.

6. The display control device according to claim 4, wherein the identifying unit identifies the line as either the line drawn from left to right or the line from right to left if a shift amount horizontally is more than a predetermined value, and as either the line drawn from bottom to top or the line drawn from top to bottom if the shift amount vertically is more than the predetermined value, the shift amount being a difference between a start point and an end point of the line drawn in the input receiving area.

7. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the shape input on the right side of, left side of, above, and below the screen display area is identified by the identifying unit as a point, and the display shift instruction unit instructs the display device to shift the display screen by a predetermined amount to the left if the point identified by the identifying unit is input in the input receiving area to the right of the screen display area, to the right if the point identified by the identifying unit is input in the input receiving area to the left of the screen display area, downward if the point identified by the identifying is input in the input receiving area above the screen display area, and upward if the point identified by the identifying unit is input in the input receiving area below the screen display area.

8. The display control device according to claim 3, wherein the identifying unit further identifies, besides the line, another predetermined shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the display shift instruction unit instructs the display device to toggle between a full screen with reduced display quality and a partial screen with uncompromised display quality when the identifying unit identifies the predetermined shape.

21. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the identifying unit identifies a shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the display shift instruction unit instructs the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on the shape identified by the identifying unit.

22. The display control device according to claim 5, wherein the identifying unit identifies the line as either the line drawn from left to right or the line from right to left if a shift amount horizontally is more than a predetermined value, and as either the line drawn from bottom to top or the line drawn from top to bottom if the shift amount vertically is more than the predetermined value, the shift amount being a difference between a start point and an end point of the line drawn in the input receiving area.

9. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program that causes a computer to controls a display device capable of displaying a screen area wider than a screen display area, the computer program causing the computer to execute:

detecting an input in an input receiving area provided near the screen display area; and

instructing the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on a result of detection at the detecting.

10. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 9, wherein the input receiving area is provided around the screen display area.

11. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 9, wherein the detecting includes detecting a shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on the shape detected at the detecting.

12. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the detecting includes detecting as a line any line drawn from left to right, or from right to left, or from bottom to top, or from top to bottom, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to shift the display screen towards left if the line is drawn from left to right, towards right if the line is drawn from right to left, downward if the line is drawn from bottom to top, and upward if the line is drawn from top to bottom.

13. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 12, wherein the detecting includes detecting the line drawn from left to right in the input receiving area to the right of the screen display area, the line drawn from right to left in the input receiving area to the left of the screen display area, the line drawn from bottom to top in the input receiving area above the screen display area, and the line drawn from top to bottom in the input receiving area below the screen display area, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to scroll to the left if the line detected at the detecting is drawn from left to right, to the right if the line detected at the detecting is drawn from right to left, downward if the line detected at the detecting is drawn from bottom to top, and upward if the line detected at the detecting is drawn from top to bottom.

14. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 12, wherein the detecting includes detecting the line as either the line drawn from left to right or the line from right to left if a shift amount horizontally is more than a predetermined value, and as either the line drawn from bottom to top or the line drawn from top to bottom if the shift amount vertically is more than the predetermined value, the shift amount being a difference between a start point and an end point of the line drawn in the input receiving area.

15. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the shape input on the right side of, left side of, above, and below the screen display area is detected at the detecting as a point, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to shift the display screen by a predetermined amount to the left if the point detected at the detecting is input in the input receiving area to the right of the screen display area, to the right if the point detected at the detecting is input in the input receiving area to the left of the screen display area, downward if the point identified by the identifying is input in the input receiving area above the screen display area, and upward if the point detected at the detecting is input in the input receiving area below the screen display area.

16. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the detecting includes detecting, besides the line, another predetermined shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to toggle between a full screen with reduced display quality and a partial screen with uncompromised display quality when the predetermined shape is detected at the detecting.

23. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the detecting includes detecting a shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on the shape detected at the detecting.

24. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, wherein the detecting includes detecting the line as either the line drawn from left to right or the line from right to left if a shift amount horizontally is more than a predetermined value, and as either the line drawn from bottom to top or the line drawn from top to bottom if the shift amount vertically is more than the predetermined value, the shift amount being a difference between a start point and an end point of the line drawn in the input receiving area.

17. A display control method of controlling a display device capable of displaying a screen area wider than a screen display area, comprising:

detecting an input in an input receiving area provided near the screen display area; and

instructing the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on a result of detection at the detecting.

18. The display control method according to claim 17, wherein the detecting includes detecting a shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to change the display in the screen display area based on the shape detected at the detecting.

19. The display control method according to claim 18, wherein the shape input on the right side of, left side of, above, and below the screen display area is detected at the detecting as a point, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to shift the display screen by a predetermined amount to the left if the point detected at the detecting is input in the input receiving area to the right of the screen display area, to the right if the point detected at the detecting is input in the input receiving area to the left of the screen display area, downward if the point identified by the identifying is input in the input receiving area above the screen display area, and upward if the point detected at the detecting is input in the input receiving area below the screen display area.

20. The display control method according to claim 18, wherein the detecting includes detecting, besides the line, another predetermined shape drawn in the input receiving area, and the instructing includes instructing the display device to toggle between a full screen with reduced display quality and a partial screen with uncompromised display quality when the predetermined shape is detected at the detecting.