DESKTOP INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR THE SAME

• US 20150268835A1
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirano, Takahisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,836,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment, a desktop information processing apparatus allowed to be simultaneously used by a plurality of users comprises a plurality of operation display sections and a control section. The plurality of operation display sections, each of which has a display surface on the top plate of the desktop information processing apparatus, detect touch operations of users, respectively. Further, the operation display sections are allocated to each user. The control section conducts a control to display same file data in a pre-defined first display area on all the operation display sections. The control section conducts a control to display, when a user carries out a touching and moving operation on the file data on one of the plurality of operation display sections, the track of the movement on the touched operation display section but not on the other operation display sections.

Claims

1. A desktop information processing apparatus allowed to be simultaneously used by a plurality of users, comprising:

a plurality of operation display sections, which are allocated to each user, configured to detect touch operations of users, respectively, and include a display surface on the top plate of the desktop information processing apparatus; and

a control section configured to conduct a control to display same file data in a pre-defined first display area on all the operation display sections and conduct a control to display, when a user carries out a touching and moving operation on the file data on one of the plurality of operation display sections, the track of the movement on the touched operation display section but not on the other operation display sections.

2. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control section stores the position information representing the track of the movement in a storage section for each user touching the operation display section and for each file data displayed in the first display area.

3. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

if the file data displayed in the first display area is the file prepared by a first user touching the first display area, the control section conducts a control to display the movement track of the touch of the first user on all the operation display sections.

4. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the control section conducts a control to differentiate the display of the movement track of the touch of the first user from that of the movement track of the touch of the other users.

5. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the operation display section also displays, for each user, the file data prepared by the user in a size smaller than that displayed in the first display area.

6. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

if the operation display section allocated to the first user of the plurality of users detects a touch on the file data prepared by the first user and a movement to the first display area, the control section conducts a control to display the file data moved by the first user in the first display area on all the operation display sections.

7. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the control section conducts a control to display the display area of the file data prepared by the first user in a highlighted manner on all the operation display sections.

8. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

if the operation display section allocated to the first user of the plurality of users detects a touch on one of the file data separately displayed for each user and a movement to the first display area, the control section conducts a control to determine whether or not the first user is the organizer based on the information stored in the storage section and display the file data moved by the first user in the first display area on all the operation display sections if the first user is the organizer.

9. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the control section conducts a control to display the display area of the file data prepared by the first user in a highlighted manner on all the operation display sections.

10. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

if the operation display section allocated to the first user of the plurality of users detects a touch on the file data prepared by the first user and a movement to file data of another user, the control section conducts a control to copy the file prepared by the first user into a storage area which is accessible to the another user.

11. The desktop information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

if the operation display section allocated to the first user of the plurality of users detects a touch on the file data prepared by the first user and a movement to a specific image, the control section copies the file data prepared by the first user into a storage area accessible to all the plurality of users.

12. A display method for a desktop information processing apparatus having a plurality of operation display sections allocated to each users, including:

displaying same file data in a pre-defined first display area on all the operation display sections; and

conducting a control to display, when a user carries out a touching and moving operation on the file data on one of the plurality of operation display sections, the track of the movement on the touched operation display section but not on the other operation display sections.