MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120188275A1
• Filed: 01/24/2012
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: SHIMAZU, Tomohiro, TAMAI, Naoyuki, HOSHIKAWA, Makiko, TAKEMOTO, Kazuya
• Application Number:
  US13/357,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188275A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A mobile electronic device and method is disclosed. A reduced image of a screen image comprising at least one icon is displayed on a display surface. The reduced image is overlapped on the screen image displayed on the display surface.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a display; and

a display control module operable to display a reduced image of a screen image comprising at least one icon on the display, the reduced image overlapping the screen image displayed on the display.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor operable to receive a selection input selecting the reduced image from the display, wherein the display control module displays the screen image corresponding to the selected reduced image on the display, when the selection input is received by the sensor.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 2, wherein:

the display control module is further operable to display on the display a first screen image corresponding to a first reduced image from among an image group comprising a plurality of images displayed on the display, and display the first screen image overlapping the image group on the display, when the first image is selected.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 3, wherein:

the display control module is further operable to;

move the at least one icon according to a move operation, when an input to move the at least one icon within the first screen image is received by the sensor, and

display a second screen image corresponding to a second reduced image in place of the first screen image, when the at least one icon moves to a location of the second reduced image within the image group.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 4, wherein:

the display control module locates the at least one icon at a prescribed location within the second screen, when an operation on the at least one icon terminates after the second screen image is displayed and the at least one icon is at the location of the second reduced image.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 4, wherein:

the display control module locates the at least one icon at a screen location within the second screen image at which a move operation is terminated, when the second screen is displayed and an operation on the at least one icon terminates in the case that the at least one icon is within a range of the second screen that excludes the image group.

7. The mobile electronic device of claim 3, wherein:

the display control module displays the image group enlarged on the display, when a prescribed input on the image group is received by the sensor.

8. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a run module operable to run processing corresponding to a selected icon, based on an input to select an icon within the screen displayed on the display being received by a sensor.

9. A method for operating a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a reduced image of a screen image comprising at least one icon on a display; and

overlapping the reduced image on the screen image displayed on the display.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a selection input selecting the reduced image from the display; and

displaying a selected screen image corresponding to the selected reduced image on the display, when the selection input is received.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying on the display a first screen image corresponding to a first reduced image from among an image group comprising a plurality of images displayed on the display, and displaying the first screen image overlapping the image group on the first screen, when the first reduced image is selected.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

moving the at least one icon according to a move operation, when input to move the at least one icon within the first screen image is received by the receiving module, and

displaying a second screen image corresponding to a second reduced image, when the at least one icon moves to a location of the second reduced image within the image group in place of the first screen image.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

locating the at least one icon at a prescribed location within the second screen image, when the second screen is displayed and an operation on the at least one icon terminates in the case that the at least one icon is at the location of the second image.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

locating the at least one icon at a prescribed location within the second screen image at which an operation terminated, when, after the second screen image is displayed, an operation on the at least one icon terminates in the case that the at least one icon is within a range of the second screen image that excludes the image group.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the image group enlarged on the display, when a prescribed input on the image group is received.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

running processing corresponding to a selected icon, based on an input to select the at least one icon within the screen displayed on the display being received.

17. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for performing a method for operating a display screen, the method executed by the computer-executable instructions comprising:

displaying a reduced screen image of a screen image comprising at least one icon on a display; and

overlapping the reduced image on the screen image displayed on the display.

18. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, the method executed by the computer-executable instructions further comprising:

receiving a selection input selecting the reduced image from the display; and

displaying a selected screen image corresponding to the selected reduced image on the display, when the selection input is received.

19. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 18, the method executed by the computer-executable instructions further comprising:

displaying on the display a first screen image corresponding to a first reduced image from among an image group comprising a plurality of images displayed on the display, and display the first screen image overlapping the image group on the first screen, when the first reduced image is selected.

20. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, the method executed by the computer-executable instructions further comprising:

moving the at least one icon according to a relevant move input, when input to move the at least one icon within the first screen image is received, and

displaying a second screen image corresponding to a second reduced image, when the at least one moves to a location of the second image within the image group in place of the first screen image.

21. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a display module operable to display a screen image comprising at least one icon; and

a display control module operable to cause the display module to display a reduced image of the screen and the screen image displayed on the display concurrently.