ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20120229399A1
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Okamoto, Hiroyuki, Kobayashi, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US13/416,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20120229399A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls

Abstract

An electronic device and methods are disclosed. The electronic device comprises a plurality of touch panels on a plurality of display screens respectively including a first touch panel on a first display screen and a second touch panel on the second display screen. If a predefined area on the first touch panel is moved from a first location to a second location in a direction toward the second touch panel, a notification is displayed in an area between the first location and the second location on the first display screen.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a plurality of display screens comprising a first display screen and a second display screen;

a plurality of touch panels on respective display screens including a first touch panel on the first display screen and a second touch panel on the display screen, operable to be operated by a user; and

a memory electronically coupled to the control unit, and storing notification information to be notified to the user; and

a control module electrically coupled to the display screens and the touch panels, and operable to;

display information on the display screens based on an operation on the touch panels by the user; and

display the notification information continuously in an area between a first location and a second location on the first display screens if the user moves a predefined area from the first location to the second location on the first touch screen.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

if the predefined area is moved from the second location further to a third location on the second touch screen, the operable control module displays the notification information continuously on the first display screen and the second display screen between the first location to the third location.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the control module is further operable to determine a drag operation from the first touch panel to the second touch panel if the control module receives a signal indicating the drag operation from the second touch panel within a predetermined period of time after receiving a signal indicating the drag operation from the first touch panel.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a

a connection module operable to couple the first display screen and the second display screen and relatively move the first display screen and the second display screen.

5. A method for controlling an electronic device comprising a plurality of display screens, the method comprising:

storing a plurality of applications;

displaying one of the applications on a first display screen;

storing notification information in a memory to be notified to the user.

receiving an operation operated by a user on a touch panel;

displaying, if a user moves a predefined area from a first location on the first touch screen to a second location towards a second display, the notification information in an area between the first location and the second location on the first display screen.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein

the second location is located on the second display, and

the area is located continuously on the first display screen and on the second display screen.