Electronic device and display method

• US 9,626,096 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hashiba, Rumiko, Yoshihara, Hiroto, Nunome, Tadatsugu
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadeese
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hope, Darrin
• Application Number:
  US13/965,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,344 Days
• Field of Search: 715835
• 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

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display controller and a selector. The display controller displays, on a screen, at least one or more note icons corresponding to a note file including a plurality of pages. The selector selects a first note icon displayed on the screen. If a display mode of a note icon transitions from a mode capable of selecting at least one or more note icons to a mode capable of manipulating a page of a first note file corresponding to the first note icon, the display controller displays a transition image including an enlarged image of the first note icon and an enlarged image of a region other than the first note icon.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch screen;

a memory that stores a first note file and a second note file, wherein the first note file comprises pages comprising handwriting and the second note file comprise pages comprising handwriting; and

a hardware processor configured to;

display a first thumbnail indicative of the first note file at a first position on the touch screen and a second thumbnail indicative of the second note file at a second position on the touch screen wherein the first thumbnail comprises a first reduced image of a first page of the first note file and the second thumbnail comprises a second reduced image of a second page of the second note file;

select the first thumbnail to open the first note file or the second thumbnail to open the second note file;

display, when the first thumbnail is selected, a first animation indicative of a movement of the first thumbnail from the first position to a third position on the touch screen display, the third position being closer to a center of the touch screen than the first position and indicative of an enlargement of the first thumbnail, and display the first page of the first note file in an editable manner by handwriting;

modify, after the first page of the first note file is edited, the first thumbnail by changing the first reduced image to a third reduced image of an edited first page of the first note file and display a modified first thumbnail at the first position on the touch screen;

display, when the second thumbnail is selected, a second animation indicative of a movement of the second thumbnail from the first position to the third position on the touch screen display, display a fourth animation indicative of an enlargement of the second thumbnail at the third position on the touch screen, and display the second page of the second note file in an editable manner by handwriting;

modify, after the second page of the second note file is edited, the second thumbnail by changing the second reduced image to a fourth reduced image of an edited second page of the second note file and display a modified second thumbnail at the second position on the touch screen.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first thumbnail comprises a first icon to open the first note file and the second thumbnail comprises a second icon to open the first note file.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

display, when the first note file is closed, a third animation indicative of a reduction of at least one page of the first note file, the at least one page of the first note file being changed to the modified first thumbnail; and

display, when the second note file is closed, a fourth animation indicative of a reduction of at least one page of the second note file, the at least one page of the second note file being changed to the modified second thumbnail.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

close the first note file when a pinch-in operation is performed on the touch screen displaying the first page of the first note file in an editable manner by handwriting; and

close the second note file when a pinch-in operation is performed on the touch screen displaying the second page of the second note file in an editable manner by handwriting.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

select the first thumbnail or the second thumbnail when a pinch-out operation is performed on the touch screen displaying the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

display at least a part of the pages of the first note file before displaying the first page of the first note file in an editable manner by handwriting; and

display at least a part of the pages of the second note file before displaying the second page of the second note file in an editable manner by handwriting.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

modify, when a first tag is attached to at least one page of the first note file, the first thumbnail based on the first tag; and

modify, when a second tag is attached to at least one page of the second note file, the second thumbnail based on the second tag.

8. A display method comprising:

displaying a first thumbnail indicative of a first note file at a first position on a touch screen and a second thumbnail indicative of a second note file at a second position on the touch screen wherein the first note file comprises pages comprising handwriting, the second note file comprise pages comprising handwriting, the first thumbnail comprises a first reduced image of a first page of the first note file, and the second thumbnail comprises a second reduced image of a second page of the second note file;

selecting the first thumbnail to open the first note file or the second thumbnail to open the second note file;

displaying, when the first thumbnail is selected, a first animation indicative of a movement of the first thumbnail from the first position to a third position on the touch screen display, the third position being closer to a center of the touch screen than the first position and indicative of an enlargement of the first thumbnail, and displaying the first page of the first note file in an editable manner by handwriting;

modifying, after the first page of the first note file is edited, the first thumbnail by changing the first reduced image to a third reduced image of an edited first page of the first note file and displaying a modified first thumbnail at the first position on the touch screen;

displaying, when the second thumbnail is selected, a second animation indicative of a movement of the second thumbnail from the first position to the third position on the touch screen display, displaying a fourth animation indicative of an enlargement of the second thumbnail at the third position on the touch screen, and displaying the second page of the second note file in an editable manner by handwriting;

modifying, after the second page of the second note file is edited, the second thumbnail by changing the second reduced image to a fourth reduced image of an edited second page of the second note file and displaying a modified second thumbnail at the second position on the touch screen.

9. The display method of claim 8, wherein the first thumbnail comprises a first icon to open the first note file and the second thumbnail comprises a second icon to open the first note file.

10. The display method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying, when the first note file is closed, a third animation indicative of a reduction of at least one page of the first note file, the at least one page of the first note file being changed to the modified first thumbnail; and

displaying, when the second note file is closed, a fourth animation indicative of a reduction of at least one page of the second note file, the at least one page of the second note file being changed to the modified second thumbnail.

11. The display method of claim 8, further comprising:

closing the first note file when a pinch-in operation is performed on the touch screen displaying the first page of the first note file in an editable manner by handwriting; and

closing the second note file when a pinch-in operation is performed on the touch screen displaying the second page of the second note file in an editable manner by handwriting.

12. The display method of claim 8, wherein further comprising:

selecting the first thumbnail or the second thumbnail when a pinch-out operation is performed on the touch screen displaying the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail.

13. The display method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying at least a part of the pages of the first note file before displaying the first page of the first note file in an editable manner by handwriting; and

displaying at least a part of the pages of the second note file before displaying the second page of the second note file in an editable manner by handwriting.

14. The display method of claim 8, further comprising:

modifying, when a first tag is attached to at least one page of the first note file, the first thumbnail based on the first tag; and

modifying, when a second tag is attached to at least one page of the second note file, the second thumbnail based on the second tag.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which is executable by a computer comprising a touch screen and a memory that stores a first note file and a second note file, wherein the first note file comprises pages comprising handwriting and the second note file comprise pages comprising handwriting;

the computer program comprising instructions capable of causing the computer to execute functions of;

displaying a first thumbnail indicative of the first note file at a first position on the touch screen and a second thumbnail indicative of the second note file at a second position on the touch screen wherein the first thumbnail comprises a first reduced image of a first page of the first note file and the second thumbnail comprises a second reduced image of a second page of the second note file;

selecting the first thumbnail to open the first note file or the second thumbnail to open the second note file;

displaying, when the first thumbnail is selected, a first animation indicative of a movement of the first thumbnail from the first position to a third position on the touch screen display, the third position being closer to a center of the touch screen than the first position and indicative of an enlargement of the first thumbnail, and displaying the first page of the first note file in an editable manner by handwriting;

modifying, after the first page of the first note file is edited, the first thumbnail by changing the first reduced image to a third reduced image of an edited first page of the first note file and displaying a modified first thumbnail at the first position on the touch screen;

displaying, when the second thumbnail is selected, a second animation indicative of a movement of the second thumbnail from the first position to the third position on the touch screen display, displaying a fourth animation indicative of an enlargement of the second thumbnail at the third position on the touch screen, and displaying the second page of the second note file in an editable manner by handwriting;

modifying, after the second page of the second note file is edited, the second thumbnail by changing the second reduced image to a fourth reduced image of an edited second page of the second note file and displaying a modified second thumbnail at the second position on the touch screen.