Electronic device, screen control method, and screen control program

• US 9,083,780 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2011
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Miura, Hiroaki, Asano, Tomoko
• Primary Examiner(s): SHERMAN, STEPHEN G
• Application Number:
  US13/812,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20130122968A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,447 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-178
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a display unit; and a control unit for acquiring information related to a process of an application program being executed in background and, executing an operation repeatedly to display the acquired information as additional information on the display unit.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit; and

a control unit configured to

acquire information related to a process of an application program being executed in background,

execute an operation repeatedly to display the acquired information as additional information on the display unit,

determine a number of steps of a user of the electronic device as the additional information, and

hide the additional information when the determined number of steps reaches a preset value.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to

determine whether the electronic device is moving, and

hide the additional information, upon determining that the electronic device is moving.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, further comprising an acceleration sensor, wherein

the control unit is configured to determine that the electronic device is moving when a predetermined periodic change is repeated in an acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein

the control unit is configured to

determine the number of steps of the user of the electronic device based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor, and

display, upon determining that the electronic device is not moving, the number of steps as the additional information on the display unit.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit is configured to redisplay the additional information upon determining that the movement of the electronic device is ended.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit is configured to update display of the additional information for each preset period.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein,

when the display unit displays a wallpaper,

the control unit is configured to display the additional information on the display unit by superimposing the additional information on the wallpaper.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein,

upon determining that movement of the electronic device is started while the additional information and a symbol associated with the additional information are displayed as being superimposed on the wallpaper,

the control unit is configured to hide the additional information and continue to display the symbol.

9. A screen control method executed by an electronic device having a display unit, the screen control method comprising:

acquiring information related to a process of an application program being executed in background;

executing an operation repeatedly to display the acquired information as additional information on the display unit;

determining a number of steps of a user of the electronic device as the additional information; and

hiding the additional information when the determined number of steps reaches a preset value.

10. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a screen control program for causing, when executed by an electronic device having a display unit, the electronic device to execute:

acquiring information related to a process of an application program being executed in background;

executing an operation repeatedly to display the acquired information as additional information on the display unit;

determining a number of steps of a user of the electronic device as the additional information; and

hiding the additional information when the determined number of steps reaches a preset value.