ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150234566A1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: TAKENOUCHI, Hayato, KANDA, Atsuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 10,073,585 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04801 Cursor retrieval aid, i.e. visual aspect modification, blinking, colour changes, enlargement or other visual cues, for helping user do find the cursor in graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A determining module configured to determine an operation mode of an electronic device determines the operation mode as a cursor display mode in which a display region displays a cursor when a detecting module detects a first manipulation through a manipulator over the display region. In a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, a display module moves the cursor in the display region in response to movement of the manipulator in the display region detected by the detecting module. In a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, a processing executing module executes processing related to a display target indicated by the cursor when the detecting module detects that the manipulator moves in the display region so as to indicate the display target by the cursor in the display region and then moves away from the display region.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a determining module configured to determine an operation mode of the electronic device;

a display module configured to perform display in a display region;

a detecting module configured to detect a manipulation through a manipulator over the display region; and

a processing executing module configured to execute processing related to a display target displayed on the display region, wherein

the determining module determines the operation mode as a cursor display mode in which the display region displays a cursor when the detecting module detects a first manipulation through the manipulator over the display region,

in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the display module moves the cursor in the display region in response to movement of the manipulator in the display region detected by the detecting module, and

in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the processing executing module executes processing related to a display target indicated by the cursor when the detecting module detects that the manipulator moves in the display region so as to indicate the display target by the cursor in the display region and then moves away from the display region.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the determining module cancels the cursor display mode when the detecting module detects that the manipulator moves away from the display region.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the determining module cancels the cursor display mode when the detecting module detects a flick manipulation for the display region through the manipulator.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the display module displays an enlarged image showing an enlarged periphery of the cursor in the display region in overlap with a display screen displayed by the display region when the detecting module detects that the manipulator does not move for a predetermined time or more in the display region.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the display module erases the display of the enlarged image when the cursor moves to an outside of the display of the enlarged image in the display region.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the display module enlarges the display of the display region when the detecting module detects that the manipulator reciprocates within a predetermined time in the display region.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising:

an event detecting module configured to detect generation of an event in the electronic device, wherein

an icon indicating a state of the electronic device is displayed on a part of an end portion of the display region, and

in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the display module displays information related to the event detected by the event detecting module in a region, of the display region, other than the part of the end portion when the detecting module detects movement of the manipulator in the display region to move the cursor to the part of the end portion and to then move the cursor from the part of the end portion in a direction toward an outside of the display region.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 further comprising:

an event detecting module configured to detect generation of an event in the electronic device, wherein

an icon indicating a state of the electronic device is displayed on a part of an end portion of the display region, and

in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, the display module displays information related to the event detected by the event detecting module in a region, of the display region, other than the part of the end portion when the detecting module detects a flick manipulation for the display region through the manipulator in a direction toward the part of the end portion.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first manipulation comprises a manipulation of moving the manipulator from an end portion of the display region in a first direction inward from the end portion in the display region.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the determining module cancels the cursor display mode set as the operation mode when the detecting module detects that the manipulator moves from the end portion of the display region in the first direction and then moves in a second direction toward the end portion in the display region.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises, as the operation mode, a plurality of modes including the cursor display mode, and a selection mode for selecting a mode to be set as the operation mode in the plurality of modes,

the determining module determines the operation mode as the selection mode when the detecting module detects a second manipulation by the manipulator over the display region, and

in a case where the operation mode is the selection mode, the determining module

determines the operation mode as the cursor display mode when the detecting module detects the first manipulation, and

determines the operation mode as a mode other than the cursor display mode in the plurality of modes when the detecting module detects a third manipulation through the manipulator over the display region.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of modes include an enlargement/reduction mode for enlarging and reducing the display in the display region,

in a case where the operation mode is the selection mode, the determining module determines the operation mode as the enlargement/reduction mode when the detecting module detects the third manipulation, and

in a case where the operation mode is the enlargement/reduction mode, the display module enlarges the display of the display region when the detecting module detects a fourth manipulation through the manipulator over the display region, and reduces the display of the display region when the detecting module detects a fifth manipulation through the manipulator over the display region.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of modes include a display mode for displaying a display target related to processing to be executed by the processing executing module, and

in a case where the operation mode is the display mode, the processing executing module executes processing related to a display target when the detecting module detects that a manipulation for selecting the display target displayed on the display region is performed by the manipulator over the display region.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein in a case where the operation mode is the display mode, a manipulation for selecting a display region displayed on the display region comprises a manipulation of moving the manipulator away from the display region on the display of the display region.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the second manipulation comprises a manipulation in which the manipulator moves from an end portion of the display region in a first direction inward from the end portion in the display region.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the determining module cancels the selection mode set as the operation mode when the detecting module detects that the manipulator moves from the end portion of the display region in the first direction and then moves in a second direction toward the end portion in the display region.

17. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the determining module cancels the selection mode set as the operation mode when the detecting module detects that the manipulator moves from the end portion of the display region in the first direction in the display region and then moves away from the display region.

18. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the first manipulation comprises a manipulation of moving the manipulator in a first direction in the display region, and

the third manipulation comprises a manipulation of moving the manipulator in a section direction which is different from the first direction in the display region.

19. A non-temporary storage medium readable by a computer that stores a control program that controls an electronic device comprising a display region, the storage medium storing the control program configured to cause the electronic device to execute the steps of:

(a) determining an operation mode of the electronic device as a cursor display mode in which the display region displays a cursor when a first manipulation by a manipulator for the display region is detected;

(b) in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, moving the cursor in the display region in response to movement of the manipulator in the display region detected by the detecting module; and

(c) in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, executing processing related to a display target indicated by the cursor when it is detected that the manipulator moves in the display region so as to indicate the display target by the cursor in the display region and then moves away from the display region.

20. A method for operating an electronic device comprising a display region, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) determining an operation mode of the electronic device as a cursor display mode in which the display region displays a cursor when a first manipulation by a manipulator for the display region is detected;

(b) in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, moving the cursor in the display region in response to movement of the manipulator in the display region detected by the detecting module; and

(c) in a case where the operation mode is the cursor display mode, executing processing related to a display target indicated by the cursor when it is detected that the manipulator moves in the display region so as to indicate the display target by the cursor in the display region and then moves away from the display region.