ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20130176244A1
• Filed: 11/13/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: YAMAMOTO, Sumihiko, ESAKA, Naoki, OZAKI, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US13/675,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20130176244A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch-screen display, a display controller and an operation detector. The display controller displays a first screen including a content area and plural areas. The content area includes objects indicative of video contents. In the areas, an operation of changing an object in the content area is input. The operation detector detects a first operation in a first area of the areas, and a second operation in a second area of the areas. The display controller displays, when the first operation has been detected, a second screen which is different from the first screen, and to change, when the second operation has been detected, the objects in the content area, and display the content area including the changed object.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch-screen display;

a display controller configured to display a first screen comprising a content area and a plurality of areas, wherein the content area comprises one or more objects indicative of one or more video content, and an operation to change an object in the content area is configured to be input in the plurality of areas; and

an operation detector configured to detect with the touch-screen display a first operation in a first area of the plurality of areas and a second operation in a second area of the plurality of areas,

wherein the display controller is configured to display a second screen different from the first screen if the first operation is detected, and to change the one or more objects in the content area and display the content area comprising the changed object if the second operation is detected.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content area comprises the one or more objects arranged based on a broadcast date or time and a broadcast channel of each of the one or more video contents.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the operation detector is configured to further detect with the touch-screen display a third operation in the content area, and

wherein the display controller is configured to display the content area comprising a first object indicative of a first video content if the third operation is detected, the first video content different from the one or more video contents with respect to a broadcast date or time or a broadcast channel.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first operation, the second operation, and the third operation are flick operations.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the operation detector is configured to further detect with the touch-screen display a third operation in the content area, and

wherein the display controller is configured to scroll the one or more objects in the content area if the third operation is detected.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display controller is configured to horizontally scroll the one or more objects in the content area when the third operation is a flick operation with an angle less than a first threshold relative to a horizontal direction on the first screen.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display controller is configured to vertically scroll the one or more objects in the content area when the third operation is a flick operation with an angle less than a second threshold relative to a vertical direction on the first screen.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display controller is configured to diagonally scroll the one or more objects in the content area when the third operation is neither a first flick operation with an angle less than first threshold relative to a horizontal direction on the first screen nor a second flick operation with an angle less than second threshold relative to a vertical direction on the first screen.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the content area further comprises a slide bar,

wherein the operation detector is configured to further detect with the touch-screen display an operation on the slide bar, and

wherein the display controller is configured to scroll the one or more objects in the content area if the operation on the slide bar is detected.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display controller is configured to detect, if the second operation is detected, a channel which satisfies a condition from among one or more channels on which the one or more video contents are broadcast, and to display the content area comprising an object indicative of a video content broadcast on the detected channel.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the operation detector is configured to further detect with the touch-screen display a fourth operation in a third area of the plurality of areas,

wherein the one or more video contents are broadcast in a first time zone, and

wherein the display controller is configured to display the content area if the fourth operation is detected, the content area comprising one or more objects indicative of one or more video contents broadcast in a second time zone earlier than the first time zone by a first time or comprising one or more objects indicative of one or more video contents broadcast in a third time zone later than the first time zone by the first time.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first operation, the second operation, and the fourth operation are tap operations.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to display, if the first operation is detected, the second screen after display of an effect indicative of a switch from the first screen to the second screen.

14. A display control method of controlling a screen displayed on an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen comprising a content area and a plurality of areas, wherein the content area comprises one or more objects indicative of one or more video contents, and an operation to change an object in the content area is configured to be input in the plurality of areas; and

detecting with a touch-screen display a first operation in a first area of the plurality of areas and a second operation in a second area of the plurality of areas,

wherein the displaying comprises displaying a second screen different from the first screen if the first operation has been detected, and to change the one or more objects in the content area and display the content area comprising the changed object if the second operation has been detected.

15. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a program for controlling a screen displayed on a computer, the program controlling the computer to execute functions of:

displaying a first screen comprising a content area and a plurality of areas, wherein the content area comprises one or more objects indicative of one or more video contents, and an operation to change an object in the content area is configured to be input in the plurality of areas; and

detecting with a touch-screen display a first operation in a first area of the plurality of areas and a second operation in a second area of the plurality of areas,

wherein the displaying comprises displaying a second screen different from the first screen if the first operation has been detected, and to change the one or more objects in the content area and display the content area comprising the changed object if the second operation has been detected.