Display Device

• US 20110074717A1
• Filed: 09/27/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Yamashita, Reiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,576,185 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a first touch panel comprising a first display module, a second touch panel comprising a second display module, and a contact detection module located between the first touch panel and the second touch panel. A control module performs display control of the first touch panel and the second touch panel based on operations of the first touch panel, the second touch panel, and the contact detection module.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a first touch panel;

a second touch panel;

a contact detection module located between the first touch panel and the second touch panel; and

a control module operable to perform display control of at least one of the first touch panel and second touch panel, the display control based on operations of at least one of the first touch panel, the second touch panel, and the contact detection module.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the control module is further operable to determine if a contact is detected on the contact detection module, if a first pressure is applied at a first position of a displayed object on the first touch panel and then released from the first touch panel.

3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the control module is further operable to:

determine if a second pressure is applied to the second touch panel, if the contact detection module detects the contact and then does not detect the contact;

display the displayed object at a second position of the second pressure on the second touch panel, if the second pressure is applied to the second touch panel.

4. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the control module is further operable to:

determine if a second pressure is applied to the second touch panel, if the contact detection module detects the contact and then does not detect the contact;

display the displayed object at the first position on the first touch panel, if the second pressure is not applied on the second touch panel.

5. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the control module is further operable to display the displayed object at a third position where the first pressure on the first touch panel is released, if it is determined that the contact is not detected by the contact detection module.

6. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first housing comprising the first touch panel; and

a second housing comprising the second touch panel and the contact detection module,

wherein the first housing and the second housing are operable to transition between a closed state in which the second housing is located at a position covering the first touch panel, and an open state in which the first touch panel and the second touch panel are both located on a substantially similar plane.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein the control module is further operable to:

determine whether a contact is detected by the contact detection module, if the first housing and the second housing are in the closed state in case a pressure is applied at a fourth position of a displayed object on the second touch panel and the pressure in then released;

display the displayed object from the second touch panel to the first touch panel, if the contact is detected by the contact detection module in case the first housing and the second housing transition from the closed state to the open state.

8. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage module operable to store changes in a position of the operations during a period starting from the operations on at least one of the first touch panel, the second touch panel, and the contact detection module, until the operations are released.

9. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the control module is further operable to display a tracing of the touch operations on at least one of the first touch panel and the second touch panel based on the changes in the position of the touch operations.

10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the contact detection module comprises a first contact detection module and a second contact detection module and is operable to detect a contact based on a first contact on the first contact detection module and a second contact on the second contact detection module.

11. A display method for a display device comprising:

detecting operations on a first touch panel, a second touch panel, and contact detection module located between the first touch panel and the second touch panel; and

performing display control for at least one of the first touch panel and second touch panel to position a displayed object, based on the operations.

12. A computer readable medium comprising program code for displaying an object on touch panels, the program code for:

detecting operations on a first touch panel, a second touch panel, and contact detection module located between the first touch panel and the second touch panel; and

performing display control for at least one of the first touch panel and second touch panel to position a displayed object, based on the operations.