Device, method, and storage medium storing program

• US 9,423,952 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Tamegai, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tung, David
• Application Number:
  US13/723,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20130162571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-178, 455/410, 455/411
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/825 the problem or solution involving locking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/673 the user being required to key in a code

Abstract

According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen provided with a display area in which any of a plurality of icons is displayed. The controller displays any of the icons in the display area according to a first touch gesture detected through the touch screen display while the lock screen is displayed.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a touch screen display configured to display a lock screen in a locked state, wherein one icon, which is any one of a plurality of icons including a lock icon and a plurality of application icons, is displayed in the lock screen at a time; and

a controller configured to cause the touch screen display to display any one of the plurality of icons in the lock screen,

wherein;

the lock screen is divided into a display area and a non-display area, any one of the plurality of icons is displayed in the display area, and no icon among the plurality of icons is displayed in the non-display area,

the controller is configured to;

cause the touch screen display to initially display the lock icon in the display area in the locked state,

change the lock icon displayed in the display area to a target application icon selected from the plurality of application icons according to a first touch gesture detected through the touch screen display, and

release the locked state and execute a process corresponding to the target application icon displayed in the display area at a time when a second touch gesture is detected through the touch screen display,

the second touch gesture is a gesture performed continuously after the first touch gesture,

the touch screen display is configured to further display a path around the display area, and

the controller is configured to;

in response to a first swipe detected along the displayed path,

change the lock icon displayed in the display area, according to a first movement distance of the first swipe, to a first application icon among the plurality of application icons, and

change a display mode of a first portion of the displayed path corresponding to the first movement distance, and

in response to a second swipe detected along the displayed path after the first swipe was interrupted, the second swipe beginning at a position different from a position where the first swipe was interrupted,

add a second movement distance of the second swipe to the first movement distance of the first swipe to obtain an added movement distance,

change the first application icon displayed in the display area, according to the added movement distance, to a second application icon among the plurality of application icons, the second application icon different from the first application icon, and

change a display mode of a second portion of the displayed path corresponding to the second movement distance.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to change the icon to be displayed in the display area according to a movement distance, a contact position, number of times, or a duration of the first touch gesture.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second touch gesture is a release gesture.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second touch gesture is a sweep gesture.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to change the icon displayed in the display area such that one icon is replaced by another.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the path has a form of a circle.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein,

when a third touch gesture is detected at a position where the first touch gesture is interrupted,

the controller is configured to change the icon displayed in the display area according to the third touch gesture such that the changing of the icon is resumed from a state where the first touch gesture is interrupted.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein, when the device is in the locked state, the execution of the process requires only the first and second touch gestures.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second touch gestures belong to a single continuous swipe.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the first touch gesture is detected in the non-display area, and

the second touch gesture is detected in the display area.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein each application icon among the plurality of application icons, when displayed as the one icon in the lock screen, is an image that does not change regardless of whether a process corresponding to said application icon is executed or not.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein

when the device is in the locked state, the execution of the process requires only the first and second touch gestures,

the first and second touch gestures belong to a single continuous swipe, the first touch gesture is detected in the non-display area, and

the second touch gesture is detected in the display area, and

each application icon among the plurality of application icons, when displayed as the one icon in the lock screen, is an image that does not change regardless of whether a process corresponding to said application icon is executed or not.

13. A method of controlling a device with a touch screen display, the method comprising:

displaying, on the touch screen display, a lock screen in a locked state, wherein one icon, which is any one of a plurality of icons including a lock icon and a plurality of application icons, is displayed in the lock screen at a time, wherein;

the lock screen is divided into a display area and a non-display area, any one of the plurality of icons is displayed in the display area, and

no icon among the plurality of icons is displayed in the non-display area;

displaying any one of the plurality of icons in the display area in the locked state by;

initially displaying the lock icon in the display area in the locked state, and

changing the lock icon displayed in the display area to a target application icon selected from the plurality of application icons according to a first touch gesture detected through the touch screen display; and

releasing the locked state and executing a process corresponding to the target application icon displayed in the display area at a time when a second touch gesture is detected through the touch screen display,

wherein the second touch gesture is a gesture performed continuously after the first touch gesture, and

wherein the method further comprises;

further displaying a path around the display area;

in response to a first swipe detected along the display path,

changing the lock icon displayed in the display area, according to a first movement distance of the first swipe, to a first application icon among the plurality of application icons, and

changing a display mode of a first portion of the displayed path corresponding to the first movement distance, and

in response to a second swipe detected along the displayed path after the first swipe was interrupted, the second swipe beginning at a position different from a position where the first swipe was interrupted,

adding a second movement distance of the second swipe to the first movement distance of the first swipe to obtain an added movement distance,

changing the first application icon displayed in the display area, according to the added movement distance, to a second application icon among the plurality of application icons, the second application icon different from the first application icon, and

changing a display mode of a second portion of the displayed path corresponding to the second movement distance.

14. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a device with a touch screen display, the device to execute:

displaying, on the touch screen display, a lock screen in a locked state, wherein one icon, which is any one of a plurality of icons including a lock icon and a plurality of application icons, is displayed in the lock screen at a time, wherein;

the lock screen is divided into a display area and a non-display area, any one of the plurality of icons is displayed in the display area, and

no icon among the plurality of icons is displayed in the non-display area;

displaying any one of the plurality of icons in the display area in the locked state by;

initially displaying the lock icon in the display area in the locked state, and

changing the lock icon displayed in the display area to a target application icon selected from the plurality of application icons according to a first touch gesture detected through the touch screen display; and

releasing the locked state and executing a process corresponding to the target application icon displayed in the display area at a time when a second touch gesture is detected through the touch screen display,

wherein the second touch gesture is a gesture performed continuously after the first touch gesture, and

wherein the program further causes the device to execute;

further displaying a path around the display area;

in response to a first swipe detected along the displayed path,

changing the lock icon displayed in the display area, according to a first movement distance of the first swipe, to a first application icon among the plurality of application icons, and

changing a display mode of a first portion of the displayed path corresponding to the first movement distance, and

in response to a second swipe detected along the displayed path after the first swipe was interrupted, the second swipe beginning at a position different from a position where the first swipe was interrupted,

adding a second movement distance of the second swipe to the first movement distance of the first swipe to obtain an added movement distance,

changing the first application icon displayed in the display area, according to the added movement distance, to a second application icon among the plurality of application icons, the second application icon different from the first application icon, and

changing a display mode of a second portion of the displayed path corresponding to the second movement distance.