DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

• US 20130055160A1
• Filed: 08/29/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: YAMADA, Hidekatsu, SHINODA, Yoshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,703,382 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays an object corresponding to either an application in execution or an application terminated. The controller erases the object when a flick gesture with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a touch screen display for displaying an object corresponding to a program in execution; and

a controller for terminating the program corresponding to the object when a gesture with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the gesture with respect to the object is a flick gesture.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the touch screen display is configured to display a plurality of objects including a first object, each of objects corresponding to a program in execution.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein

the controller is configured to scroll the objects when a gesture in a first direction is detected on an area where the objects are displayed through the touch screen display, and to terminate an first program corresponding to the first object when a gesture in a second direction with respect to the first object is detected through the touch screen display.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein

the objects further include a second object, and

the controller is configured to terminate the first program and a second program corresponding to the second object when a gesture in a second direction with respect to the first object and the second object is detected through the touch screen display.

6. The device according to claim 3, wherein

the objects further include a second object, and

the controller is configured to terminate a third program corresponding to a third object displayed between the first object and the second object when a gesture of moving the first object and the second object in directions approaching each other.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein

the controller is configured to further terminate a first program corresponding to the first object and a second program corresponding to the second object.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein

the controller is configured to deform the third object on the touch screen display according to a distance between the first object and the second object.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein

the controller is configured not to terminate the third program when the third program is executed for reproducing a sound.

10. The device according to claim 6, wherein

the controller is configured not to terminate the third program when the third program belongs to a specified group.

11. The device according to claim 3, further comprising an acceleration sensor, wherein

the controller is configured to terminate programs corresponding to the objects when a shake operation of the device is detected through the acceleration sensor.

12. The device according to claim 3, further comprising a sensor for detecting illumination of an ambient light, wherein

the controller is configured to terminate programs corresponding to the objects depending on a detection of the sensor.

13. The device according to claim 3, further comprising a sensor for detecting presence of a nearby object, wherein

the controller is configured to terminate programs corresponding to the objects depending on a detection of the sensor.

14. The device according to claim 3, further comprising a button, wherein

the controller is configured to terminate programs corresponding to the objects upon a press of the button.

15. The device according to claim 2, wherein

the gesture with respect to the object is a flick gesture in a direction to a forth object displayed on the touch screen display.

16. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to erase the object upon terminating the program corresponding to the object.

17. A method for controlling a device including a touch screen display, the control method comprising:

displaying an object corresponding to a program in execution on the touch screen display;

detecting a gesture with respect to the object through the touch screen display; and

terminating the program corresponding to the object upon the detecting.

18. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a device including a touch screen display, the device to execute:

displaying an object corresponding to a program in execution on the touch screen display;

detecting a gesture with respect to the object through the touch screen display; and

terminating the program corresponding to the object upon the detecting.

19. A device comprising:

a touch screen display for displaying an object corresponding to either an application in execution or an application terminated; and

a controller for erasing the object when a flick gesture with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein

the controller is configured to erase the object when the flick gesture, a direction of which is different from a direction in which the object is scrolled, with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display.

21. The device according to claim 19, wherein

in a case where the object indicates the application in execution,

the controller is configured to erase the object and terminate the application when the flick gesture with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display.

22. A method for controlling a device including a touch screen display, the control method comprising:

displaying an object corresponding to either an application in execution or an application terminated on the touch screen display; and

erasing the object when a flick gesture with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display.

23. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a device including a touch screen display, the device to execute:

displaying an object corresponding to either an application in execution or an application terminated on the touch screen display; and

erasing the object when a flick gesture with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display.