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Electronic device, display method, and display program

  • US 9,310,998 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2013
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • a display that detects a contact of a pen on a screen of the display and inputting a stroke; and

    a controller, wherein the display and the controller are configured todisplay a first content by a first image with a first gradation on the screen,receive positions of contacts between the pen and the screen on a display area of the first content,specify a first start point and a first end point of the contacts,set a first selection area of the first content by using the first start position and the first end position,display the first selection area of the first content by using the first image with the first gradation on the screen and an area other than the first selection area of the first content by using a second image with a second gradation lower than the first gradation on the screen,draw, on the first selection area of the first content, a first locus of a first stroke that is input by handwriting by using the pen,output data comprising the first selection area of the first content and the first stroke,generate a first thumbnail comprising the first image and the first locus,output first data of the first thumbnail,display a second content by a third image with a third gradation on the screen,specify a second start point and a second end point of the contacts,set a second selection area of the second content by using the second start position and the second end position,display the second selection area of the second content by using the third image with the gradation on the screen and an area other than the second selection area of the second content by using a fourth image with a fourth gradation lower than the third gradation on the screen,draw, on the second selection area of the second content, a second locus of a second stroke that is input by handwriting by using the pen,output data comprising the second selection area of the second content and the second stroke;

    generate a second thumbnail comprising the third image and the second locus;

    output second data of the second thumbnail;

    display the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail on the display, simultaneously;

    generate a first file comprising the first data and the data comprising the first selection area of the first content and the first stroke; and

    incorporate the second data and the data comprising the second selection area of the second content and the second stroke into the first file.

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