MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120236035A1
• Filed: 09/27/2010
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kimura, Yoshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,847,995 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/660
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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: H04M 1/0239 Sliding mechanism with two degree of freedom, e.g. translation in two different directions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0247 comprising more than two body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile phone includes a first display 11, a second display 21 arranged juxtaposed with the first display 11, and touch panels 12, 22 disposed on the displays 11, 21 for detecting that an icon has been dragged. In response to user'"'"'s dragging an icon, a CPU 100 executes a reduced screen display processing of reducing in size a display screen of each of the displays 11, 21 to display the reduced display screens on the display on which the dragging operation is being performed. When the dragging operation has finished, the reduced display screens are returned to the display screens having the original size. Then, the CPU 100 displays the icon at a position, on the display screen having the original size, corresponding to the position of the icon on the reduced display screen at a time when the dragging operation has finished.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device, comprising:

a first display section;

a second display section arranged juxtaposed with the first display section;

a display control section which controls display of the first display section and the second display section; and

a detecting section which detects a dragging operation to an object to be moved displayed on the first display section or the second display section, wherein the display control section is operable;

to execute a reduced screen display processing of reducing in size a display screen displayed on the first display section and the second display section to display the reduced display screen on the display section on which the dragging operation is being performed, when the object to be moved is being dragged; and

to return the reduced display screen to a display screen of a size before the size reduction to display the display screen of the size before the size reduction on the first display section and the second display section when the dragging operation has finished, and to display the object to be moved at a position, on the display screen of the size before the size reduction, corresponding to a position of the object to be moved on the reduced display screen at a time when the dragging operation has finished.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control section is operable to execute the reduced screen display processing in response to start of the dragging operation.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control section is operable to execute the reduced screen display processing, based on a condition of the dragging operation.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, wherein

the display control section is operable to execute the reduced screen display processing, when the dragging operation has reached a predetermined area from a boundary with respect to a counterpart display section.

5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, wherein

the display control section is operable to execute the reduced screen display processing in response to the dragging operation in a direction toward the counterpart display section.

6. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control section is operable to execute the reduced screen display processing in response to a predetermined key operation after the dragging operation has started.

7. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control section is operable to suspend a display control processing based on the dragging operation to notify an incoming call in response to arrival of the incoming call during the dragging operation.

8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the display control section is operable to notify arrival of an electronic mail when the dragging operation has finished, in response to receiving the electronic mail during the dragging operation.

9. A method for controlling a mobile terminal device provided with a first display section and a second display section arranged juxtaposed with the first display section, the method comprising:

a step of reducing in size a display screen displayed on the first display section and the second display section to display the reduced display screen on the first display section, when an object to be moved displayed on the first display section is being dragged; and

a step of returning the reduced display screen to a display screen of a size before the size reduction to display the display screen of the size before the size reduction on the first display section and the second display section when the dragging operation has finished, and of displaying the object to be moved at a position, on the display screen of the size before the size reduction, corresponding to a position of the object to be moved on the reduced display screen at a time when the dragging operation has finished.

10. A program which causes a computer in a mobile terminal device provided with a first display section and a second display section arranged juxtaposed with the first display section to execute the following steps of:

reducing in size a display screen displayed on the first display section and the second display section to display the reduced display screen on the first display section, when an object to be moved displayed on the first display section is being dragged; and

returning the reduced display screen to a display screen of a size before the size reduction to display the display screen of the size before the size reduction on the first display section and the second display section when the dragging operation has finished, and displaying the object to be moved at a position, on the display screen of the size before the size reduction, corresponding to a position of the object to be moved on the reduced display screen at a time when the dragging operation has finished.