Electronic device, method, and computer program product

• US 9,589,539 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2014
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Huang, Yusam
• Primary Examiner(s): Eurice, Michael J
• Application Number:
  US14/559,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20150309648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 825 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0208 for combination with other devices having a different main function, e.g. watches, pens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/36 characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory

Abstract

An electronic device according to an embodiment including: a sensor to detect a contact position of a touch operation on a screen of a display; a display controller to display, on the screen, first information indicative of a first process to be performed, and to display, on the screen, second information in place of the first information when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation exceeds a first value, the second information indicative of a second process to be performed; and a processor to perform the first process when the touch operation finishes while the first information is displayed on the screen and to perform the second process when the touch operation finishes while the second information is displayed on the screen.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a sensor to detect a contact position of a touch operation on a screen of the display; and

a hardware processor configured to;

display, on the screen, a first indication of a first process when a time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds a first period and does not exceed a second period, wherein the second period is longer than the first period,

display, on the screen, a second indication of a second process in place of the first indication when the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the second period and does not exceed a third period, wherein the third period is longer than the second period;

perform the first process in response that the touch operation finishes and the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the first period and does not exceed the second period; and

perform the second process in response that the touch operation finishes and the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the second period and does not exceed the third period.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured to display, on the screen, the first indication in place of the second indication when a contact position of the touch operation travels while the touch operation on the screen does not finish, in an opposite direction from a contact position of the touch operation when the first indication is displayed to a contact position of the touch operation when the second indication is displayed.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured not to perform the first process or the second process when a contact position of the touch operation exists within an area near an end of the screen when the touch operation on the screen is finished while the first indication or the second indication is displayed on the screen.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured to display the first indication or the second indication in a position in an upper direction from a position where the touch operation is performed on the screen of the display.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is configured to display the second indication in place of the first indication when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation does not exceed the first value within the second period after the first information is displayed while the touch operation on the screen is not finished.

6. A method comprising:

detecting a contact position of a touch operation on a screen on a display;

displaying, on the screen, a first indication of a first process when a time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds a first period and does not exceed a second period, wherein the second period is longer than the first period,

displaying, on the screen, a second indication of a second process in place of the first indication when the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the second period and does not exceed a third period, wherein the third period is longer than the second period;

performing the first process in response that the touch operation finishes and the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the first period and does not exceed the second period; and

performing the second process in response that the touch operation finishes and the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the second period and does not exceed the third period.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying includes displaying, on the screen, the first indication in place of the second indication when a contact position of the touch operation travels while the touch operation does not finish, in an opposite direction from a contact position of the touch operation when the first indication is displayed to a contact position of the touch operation when the second indication is displayed.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the performing includes not performing the first process or the second process when a contact position of the touch operation exists within an area near an end of the screen when the touch operation on the screen is finished while the first indication or the second indication is displayed on the screen.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying includes displaying the first indication or the second indication in a position in an upper direction from a position where the touch operation is performed on the screen of the display.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying includes displaying the second indication in place of the first indication when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation does not exceed the first value within the second period after the first information is displayed while the touch operation on the screen is not finished.

11. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

detecting a contact position of a touch operation on a screen on a display;

displaying, on the screen, a first indication of a first process when a time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds a first period and does not exceed a second period, wherein the second period is longer than the first period;

displaying, on the screen, a second indication of a second process in place of the first indication when the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the second period and does not exceed a third period, wherein the third period is longer than the second period;

performing the first process in response that the touch operation finishes and the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the first period and does not exceed the second period; and

performing the second process in response that the touch operation finishes and the time period of continuation of the touch operation on the screen exceeds the second period and does not exceed the third period.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes displaying, on the screen, the first indication in place of the second indication when a contact position of the touch operation travels while the touch operation on the screen does not finish, in an opposite direction from a contact position of the touch operation when the first indication is displayed to a contact position of the touch operation when the second indication is displayed.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the performing includes not performing the first process or the second process when a contact position of the touch operation exists within an area near an end of the screen when the touch operation on the screen is finished while the first indication or the second indication is displayed on the screen.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes displaying the first indication or the second indication in a position in an upper direction from a position where the touch operation is performed on the screen of the display.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes displaying the second indication in place of the first indication when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation does not exceed a first value within the second period after the first information is displayed while the touch operation on the screen is not finished.