ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140019895A1
• Filed: 03/28/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Honda, Hiroaki
• Application Number:
  US14/008,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20140019895A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic device according to the present invention includes a display module, a touch panel, and a control module that controls display of the display module in accordance with an operation of the touch panel. When a predetermined operation is performed to the touch panel, the control module transfers, on a display screen of the display module, an image to cause the electronic device to execute a predetermined function. When the image is transferred on the display screen, if an identical image to the image is included in the display screen, the control module performs processing of informing to that effect. The display module can display a screen for selection to select an operation screen in which the image is to be set from a plurality of operation screens, and the screen for selection includes a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of operation screens, respectively.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display module;

a touch panel disposed in the display module; and

a control module configured to control display of the display module in accordance with an operation of the touch panel,

wherein the display module displays an image to cause the electronic device to execute predetermined processing, and the control module transfers the image in accordance with the operation to the touch panel, and

when the image is transferred on the display screen, if a same image as the image is included in the display screen, the control module performs processing of informing to that effect.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the display module is capable to switch and display a plurality of operation screens, and

when the image is transferred on the operation screens, and when the same image as the image is included in the operation screen, the control module performs the processing of informing to that effect.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the display module is capable to switch and display a plurality of operation screens, and

the display screen is a screen for selection to select the operation screen in which the image is to be set from the plurality of operation screens, and the screen for selection includes a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of operation screens, respectively.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein when the touch panel is operated, and the control module causes the display module to display the screen for selection.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the informing is performed by displaying, in the display module, the thumbnail corresponding to the operation screen including an identical image to the image so as to distinguish the same from the other thumbnails.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the image is a shortcut icon or a widget.

7-8. -8. (canceled)

9. An electronic device comprising:

a display module;

a touch panel disposed in the display module; and

a control module configured to control display of the display module in accordance with an operation of the touch panel,

wherein the display module displays an image indicating an application to cause the electronic device to execute predetermined processing, and the control module transfers the image indicating the application in accordance with the operation to the touch panel, and

when the image indicating the application is transferred on the display screen, if a image associated with the same application as the image indicating the application is included in the display screen, the control module performs processing of informing to that effect.