DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

• US 20130135236A1
• Filed: 11/27/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: YANO, Tatsuya
• Granted Patent: US 9,280,275 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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

Abstract

According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The controller displays a home screen in a layer on the touch screen display. The controller displays a different home screen in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display. The controller displays a home screen in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a touch screen display; and

a controller configured to

display a home screen in a layer on the touch screen display,

display a different home screen in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display, and

display a home screen in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display.

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

displaying a home screen in a layer on the touch screen display;

displaying a different home screen in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display; and

displaying a home screen in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display.

3. 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 a home screen in a layer on the touch screen display;

displaying a different home screen in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display; and

displaying a home screen in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on the home screen on the touch screen display.