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

• US 20130047114A1
• Filed: 08/16/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: MURAKAMI, Hideko, CHIBA, Atsuo
• Granted Patent: US 9,423,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes: a display unit, an operating unit, and a control unit. The display unit for displays a character input screen including a part of a plurality of soft key objects each associated with a process in a line. The operating unit receives input of an operation. Upon detecting a changing operation through the operating unit, the control unit changes arrangement of the soft key objects such that at least one of the soft key objects that has been displayed is not displayed and at least one of the soft key objects that has not been displayed is displayed.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a display unit for displaying a character input screen including a part of a plurality of soft key objects each associated with a process in a line;

an operating unit for receiving input of an operation; and

a control unit for changing, upon detecting a changing operation through the operating unit, arrangement of the soft key objects such that at least one of the soft key objects that has been displayed is not displayed and at least one of the soft key objects that has not been displayed is displayed.

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

the control unit is configured to change, upon detecting a flick operation as the changing operation, the arrangement of the soft key objects such that one of the soft key objects that has positioned at a first end of the line in a move direction of the flick operation is not displayed and at least one of the soft key objects that has not been displayed is displayed at a second end of the line.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising

a storage unit for storing arrangement information indicating the arrangement of the soft key objects to be displayed, wherein

the control unit is configured to save, upon moving from the character input screen to another screen, the arrangement of the soft key objects into the arrangement information, and to reproduce, upon displaying the character input screen thereafter, the arrangement of the soft key objects based on the arrangement information.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to put, upon detecting an operation to maintain selection of the soft key object, the soft key object in a movable state, and to change, upon further detecting an operation to move and release the soft key object, the arrangement of the plurality of soft key objects such that the soft key object is displayed at a position where the operation to release the soft key object is detected.

5. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the character input screen further includes an input character display area for displaying a input character, and

the control unit is configured to execute, upon detecting an operation on the soft key object, the process associated with the soft key object by use of the character displayed in the input character display area.

6. The mobile electronic device according to claim 5, wherein

the control unit is configured to change a configuration of the soft key objects to be displayed based on the character displayed in the input character display area.

7. The mobile electronic device according to claim 5, wherein

the control unit is configured to put, upon detecting an operation to maintain selection of the soft key object, the soft key object in a movable state, and to change, upon further detecting an operation to move and release the soft key object to and in the input character display area, layout of the input character display area in accordance with the process associated with the soft key object.

8. The mobile electronic device according to claim 3, wherein

the storage unit is configured to further store status information with respect to addition and/or deletion of an application to and/or from the mobile electronic device, and

the control unit is configured to change a configuration of the soft key objects to be displayed based on the status information stored in the storage unit.

9. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the control unit is configured to display, upon detecting that an application has been added based on the status information stored in the storage unit, a soft key object corresponding to the application.

10. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the control unit is configured not to display, upon detecting that an application has been deleted based on the status information stored in the storage unit, a soft key object corresponding to the application.

11. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the soft key object includes an image in accordance with an application corresponding to the soft key object.

12. A control method of a mobile electronic device including a display unit and an operating unit, the control method comprising:

displaying on a display unit a character input screen including a part of a plurality of soft key objects each associated with a process in a line;

detecting an operation through the operation unit; and

changing, upon detecting a changing operation at the detecting, arrangement of the soft key objects such that at least one of the soft key objects that has been displayed is not displayed and at least one of the soft key objects that has not been displayed.

13. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a control program for causing, when executed by a mobile electronic device including a display unit and an operating unit, the mobile electronic device to execute:

displaying on a display unit a character input screen including a part of a plurality of soft key objects each associated with a process in a line;

detecting an operation through the operation unit; and

changing, upon detecting a changing operation at the detecting, arrangement of the soft key objects such that at least one of the soft key objects that has been displayed is not displayed and at least one of the soft key objects that has not been displayed is displayed.