TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF

• US 20110234515A1
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: KAMIJIMA, Atsuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 9,092,127 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

In a terminal device 10, when a slide operation performed on at least either of a plurality of touch screens TD1 and TD2 is detected, a control section 1 performs display control based on a judgment result indicating whether or not another screen is present in the sliding direction. For example, when another screen is not present in the sliding direction, the control section 1 instructs the screens to perform page turning by an amount equivalent to a single screen, or when another screen is present, the control section 1 instructs the screens to perform page turning by a number of pages calculated by the number of screens present in the sliding direction being added to the number of the operation screen.

Claims

1. A terminal device having a plurality of screens, comprising:

a slide operation detection means for detecting a slide operation performed on each of the plurality of screens;

a judgment means for judging whether or not another screen is present in a sliding direction when the slide operation is detected by the slide operation detection means; and

a display control means for performing different display control on the plurality of screens based on a judgment result from the judgment means.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the display control means sequentially performs page turning of display information on the plurality of screens with the display information amounting to a plurality of pages being assigned and displayed in page sequence on the plurality of screens, as display control based on the judgment result from the judgment means.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the display control means performs display control instructing the plurality of screens to perform page turning by an amount equivalent to a single screen when the judgment means judges that another screen is not present in the sliding direction from an operation screen, or performs display control instructing the plurality of screens to perform page turning by a number of pages calculated by the number of screens present in the sliding direction being added to the number of the operation screen when the judgment means judges that another screen is present.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the slide operation detection means detects whether a single slide operation has been performed or a plurality of slide operations have been simultaneously performed, when detecting the slide operation performed on each screen;

and

the display control means repeatedly and continuously performs the display control by a number of times corresponding to the number of slide operations at predetermined time intervals, when the slide operation detection means detects that a plurality of slide operations have been simultaneously performed.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of screens are constituted by a plurality of independent display sections.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of screens are configured by a single display section being divided into a plurality of screens.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of screens are touch screens structured by a touch panel being arranged on each screen;

and

the slide operation detection means detects a slide operation performed on each of the plurality of touch screens.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer, the program being executable by the computer to perform a process comprising:

processing for detecting a slide operation performed on each of a plurality of screens;

processing for judging whether or not another screen is present in the sliding direction when a slide operation is detected; and

processing for performing different display control on the plurality of screens based on the judgment result.