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

• US 20120218207A1
• 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: SHIMAZU, Tomohiro, SATO, Takayuki, HOSHIKAWA, Makiko
• Application Number:
  US13/404,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20120218207A1
• 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 2203/04808 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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, an operation detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first object. The operation detecting unit detects an operation. When a slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit while the first object is displayed on the display unit, the control unit causes a second object associated with a layer below the first object to be displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit for displaying a first object;

an operation detecting unit for detecting an operation; and

a control unit for causing, when a slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit while the first object is displayed on the display unit, a second object associated with a layer below the first object to be displayed on the display unit.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to causes the second object to be displayed when an operation on a position and the slide operation in a direction away from the position are detected by the operation detecting unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the operation detecting unit is provided on an area corresponding to the display unit and configured to detect an operation on the area.

4. 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 operation detecting unit is arranged on the second face.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4,

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

the control unit is configured to cause the second object to be displayed when the slide operation is detected by the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5,

wherein the control unit is configured to perform process other than causing the second object to be displayed when the slide operation is detected by either of the first detecting unit or the second detecting unit.

7. The electronic device according to claim 3,

wherein the display unit is configured to display a plurality of objects, and

the control unit is configured to specify, when the slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit while a plurality of objects are displayed on the display unit, the first object among the objects based on a position in the area where the slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit.

8. The electronic device according to claim 3,

wherein the display unit is configured to display a plurality of objects, and

the control unit is configured to specify, when an operation on a position in the area and the slide operation in a direction away from the position are detected by the operation detecting unit, the first object among the objects based on the position in the area.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to causes the second object to be displayed on a display area of the display unit present in a slide direction by the slide operation farther than the first object.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9,

wherein the control unit causes the second object to be displayed on the display area adjacent to the first object.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to cause the second object to be displayed on the display unit until a given time is elapsed since a last operation is detected by the operation detecting unit after stating to cause the second object to be displayed,

12. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit ends a display of the second object when a slide operation in a direction opposite to the slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit in a state in which the second object is displayed on the display unit.

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

displaying a first object on the display unit;

detecting a slide operation by the operation detecting unit; and

causing, when a slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit while the first object is displayed on the display unit, a second object associated with a layer below the first object to be displayed on the display unit.

14. The operation control method according to claim 13,

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, and

the operation detecting unit is arranged on the second face.

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

displaying a first object on the display unit;

detecting a slide operation by the operation detecting unit; and

causing, when a slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit while the first object is displayed on the display unit, a second object associated with a layer below the first object to be displayed on the display unit.