Device, method, and storage medium storing program

• US 9,280,275 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2012
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Yano, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisen, Alexander
• Assistant Examiner(s): Almeida, Cory
• Application Number:
  US13/686,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20130135236A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-179, 178 1801- 2004
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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

Abstract

According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The controller displays a home screen in a layer on the touch screen display. The controller displays a different home screen in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display. The controller displays a home screen in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a touch screen display configured to display a plurality of home screens in multiple layers placed one over another, wherein each of the multiple lavers includes several home screens; and

a controller configured to

display a home screen among the home screens in a layer on the touch screen display,

display a different home screen among the home screens in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display, and

directly display a leftmost home screen among the home screens in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on any home screen displayed on the touch screen display.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to detect a number of touches on the touch screen display and to display the leftmost home screen in a layer corresponding, to the detected number of touches.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen display to display an indicator indicating a number of the layer having the home screen currently displayed on the touch screen display.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein

the different layer is immediately placed below or above the layer to which the home screen belongs.

5. A method of controlling a device including a touch screen display displaying a plurality of home screens in multiple layers placed one over another, wherein each of the multiple layers includes several home screens, the method comprising:

displaying a home screen among the home screens in a layer on the touch screen display;

displaying a different home screen among the home screens in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display; and

directly displaying a leftmost home screen among the home screens in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on any home screen displayed on the touch screen display.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

detecting a number of touches on the touch screen display; and

displaying the leftmost home screen in a layer corresponding to the detected number of touches.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying, on the touch screen display, an indicator indicating a number of the layer having the home screen currently displayed on the touch screen display.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein

the different layer is immediately placed below or above the layer to which the home screen belongs.

9. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a device including a touch screen display displaying a plurality of home screens in multiple layers placed one over another, wherein each of the multiple layers includes several home screens, the device to execute:

displaying a home screen among the home screens in a layer on the touch screen display;

displaying a different home screen among the home screens in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display; and

directly displaying a leftmost home screen among the home screens in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on any home screen on the touch screen display.

10. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 9, wherein the program, when executed by the device, further causes the device to execute

detecting a number of touches on the touch screen display;

and

displaying the leftmost home screen in a layer corresponding to the detected number of touches.

11. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 9, wherein the program, when executed by the device, further causes the device to execute

causing the touch screen display to display an indicator indicating a number of the layer having the home screen currently displayed on the touch screen display.

12. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 9, wherein

the different layer is immediately placed below or above the layer to which the home screen belongs.