ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20120218206A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: SATO, Takayuki, HOSHIKAWA, Makiko, SHIMAZU, Tomohiro
• Application Number:
  US13/404,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20120218206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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

According to an aspect, an electronic device, includes a display unit, a contact detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first image. The contact detecting unit detects a contact. When a sweep operation is detected by the contact detecting unit while the first image is displayed on the display unit, the control unit causes a second image to be displayed over the first image. The second image is extended from a first position at which the sweep operation is detected at first or an end portion of the display unit near the first position.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit for displaying a first image;

a contact detecting unit for detecting a contact;

a control unit for causing, when a sweep operation is detected by the contact detecting unit while the first image is displayed on the display unit, a second image to be displayed over the first image, the second image being extended from a first position at which the sweep operation is detected at first or an end portion of the display unit near the first position.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to maintain a display of the second image even when separation of a contact by the sweep operation is detected by the contact detecting unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a housing having a first face, on which the display unit is arranged, and second and third faces interposing the first face therebetween,

wherein the contact detecting unit includes a first detecting unit arranged on the second face and a second detecting unit arranged on the third face, and

the control unit is configured to cause the second image to be displayed on the display unit when the sweep operation is detected by both the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause the first image to be scrolled when the sweep operation is detected by either one of the first detecting unit or the second detecting unit.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause, when another sweep operation in a direction opposite to the sweep operation is detected by the contact detecting unit while the second image is displayed on the first image, the first image to be visible.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5,

wherein the second image is an image in which a plurality of spindly plates are arranged, and

the control unit is configured to change the spindly plate into a line shape to change the second image.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6,

wherein the first image is an image including multiple lines of character strings, and

the control unit is configured to change the second image such that each of spindly plates changed into the line shape arranged between the lines of the character strings.

8. An operation control method executed by an electronic device including a display unit and a contact detecting unit, the operation control method comprising:

displaying a first image on the display unit;

detecting a sweep operation by the contact detecting unit while the first image is displayed on the display unit; and

displaying a second image over the first image when the sweep operation is detected, the second image being extended from a first position at which the sweep operation is detected at first or an end portion of the display unit near the first position.

9. The operation control method according to claim 8,

wherein the electronic device further includes a housing having a first face, on which the display unit is arranged, and second and third faces interposing the first face therebetween,

the contact detecting unit includes a first detecting unit arranged on the second face and a second detecting unit arranged on the third face, and

the sweep operation is detected by both the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit.

10. A non-transitory storage medium that stores an operation control program causing, when executed by an electronic device which includes a display unit and a contact detecting unit, the electronic device to execute:

displaying a first image on the display unit;

detecting a sweep operation by the contact detecting unit while the first image is displayed on the display unit; and

displaying a second image over the first image when the sweep operation is detected, the second image being extended from a first position at which the sweep operation is detected at first or an end portion of the display unit near the first position.