Terminal apparatus and processing program thereof

• US 20080218533A1
• Filed: 02/06/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Company Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Goto, Yoshihiro, Hamada, Mitsuru
• Granted Patent: US 8,819,580 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

In the terminal apparatus, a CPU 100 reads out a simultaneous/switch display condition that is currently employed from display control table information stored in a simultaneous/switch display condition memory section 102c, and identifies whether a screen display instruction operation instructs a switch display or a simultaneous display in accordance with the simultaneous/switch display condition that has been read out and the circumstance when the screen display instruction operation is performed. When the screen display instruction operation is identified as instructing the simultaneous display, the CPU 100 reads out the display layout condition that is currently employed from display layout table information stored in a display layout condition memory section 102d, and controls a display layout for the simultaneous display in accordance with the display layout condition that has been read out and the circumstance when the screen display instruction operation is performed.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus provided with a display means that displays a plurality of screens simultaneously, comprising:

an instruction means for generating a display instruction of a first screen in accordance with an operation;

an identification means for, when the instruction means generates the display instruction while the display means is displaying a second screen, identifying a display mode of the display means based on operation circumstance when the display instruction is generated; and

a display control means for controlling the display means so as to display the first screen and/or the second screen in the display mode identified by the identification means.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification means identifies the display mode of the display means based on an operation time of the operation for generating the display instruction of the first screen as the operation circumstance.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification means identifies the display mode of the display means based on a number of operations of the operation for generating the display instruction of the first screen as the operation circumstance.

11. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification means identifies whether to simultaneously display the first screen and the second screen or to display the first screen after switching from the second screen as the display mode.

14. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification means identifies a display layout when simultaneously displaying the first screen and the second screen as the display mode.

4. A terminal apparatus provided with a display means that displays a plurality of screens simultaneously, comprising:

an instruction means for generating a display instruction of a first screen;

an identification means for, when the instruction means generates the display instruction while the display means is displaying a second screen, identifying a display mode of the display means based on a circumstance of the first screen and the second screen; and

a display control means for controlling the display means so as to display the first screen and/or the second screen in the display mode identified by the identification means.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a memory means for storing a priority order of the screen;

wherein the identification means compares the priority order of the first screen and the second screen, and identifies the display mode of the display means based on a result of the comparison, as the circumstance of the first screen and the second screen.

6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a memory means for storing grouping of the screen;

wherein the identification means compares a group of the first screen and the second screen, and identifies the display mode of the display means based on a result of the comparison, as the circumstance of the first screen and the second screen.

7. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a memory means for storing a display history of the screen;

wherein the identification means identifies the display mode of the display means based on the display history that is stored in the memory means as the circumstance of the first screen and the second screen.

12. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the identification means identifies whether to simultaneously display a screen which is being displayed and the first screen and the second screen or to display the first screen after switching from the second screen as the display mode.

15. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the identification means identifies a display layout when simultaneously displaying the first screen and the second screen as the display mode.

8. A terminal apparatus provided with a display means that displays a plurality of screens simultaneously, comprising:

an instruction means for generating a display instruction of a first screen;

an identification means for, when the instruction means generates the display instruction while the display means is displaying a second screen, identifying a display mode of the display means based on a circumstance of the terminal apparatus; and

a display control means for controlling the display means so as to display the first screen and/or the second screen in the display mode identified by the identification means.

9. The terminal apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a connected state detection means for detecting a connected state with an external device that supplies electric power for the terminal apparatus;

wherein the identification means identifies the display mode of the display means in accordance with a result detected by the connected state detection means as the circumstance of the terminal apparatus.

10. The terminal apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a style detection means for detecting a package style that represents a usage state of the terminal apparatus;

wherein the identification means identifies the display mode of the display means in accordance with the package style detected by the style detection means as the circumstance of the terminal apparatus.

13. The terminal apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the identification means identifies whether to simultaneously display the first screen and the second screen or to display the first screen after switching from the second screen as the display mode.

16. The terminal apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the identification means identifies a display layout when simultaneously displaying the first screen and the second screen as the display mode.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having a program of a terminal apparatus including display processing that simultaneously displays a plurality of screens stored thereon that is executable by a computer, comprising:

instruction processing for generating a display instruction of a first screen in accordance with an operation;

identification processing for, when the instruction processing generates the display instruction while the display processing is displaying a second screen, identifying a display mode of the display processing based on an operation circumstance when the display instruction is generated; and

display control processing for controlling the display processing so as to display the first screen and/or the second screen in the display mode identified by the identification processing.

18. A computer-readable storage medium having a program of a terminal apparatus including display processing that simultaneously displays a plurality of screens stored thereon that is executable by a computer, comprising:

instruction processing for generating a display instruction of a first screen;

identification processing for, when the instruction processing generates the display instruction while the display processing is displaying a second screen, identifying a display mode of the display processing based on a circumstance of the screen for which the display instruction is made; and

display control processing for controlling the display processing so as to display the first screen and/or the second screen in the display mode identified by the identification processing.

19. A computer-readable storage medium having a program of a terminal apparatus including display processing that simultaneously displays a plurality of screens stored thereon that is executable by a computer, comprising:

instruction processing for generating a display instruction of a first screen;

identification processing for, when the instruction processing generates the display instruction while the display processing is displaying a second screen, identifying a display mode of the display processing based on a circumstance of the electronic equipment; and

display control processing for controlling the display processing so as to display the first screen and/or the second screen in the display mode identified by the identification processing.