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Electronic device

  • US 9,971,473 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2015
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • a display having a touch panel and an elongated shape, the display including a first display region and a second display region, the second display region being contiguous with the first display region in a longitudinal direction of the elongated shape, and the second display region having the same width as the first display region in a lateral direction of the elongated shape;

    a memory storing a plurality of programs; and

    a processor that controls execution of each of the plurality of programs stored in the memory, and controls the display,wherein the display displays in the first display region a first display image generated by execution of a first program among the plurality of programs, and the display displays in the second display region a first icon image indicating a second program other than the first program among the plurality of programs, andwhen the processor detects a contact at the first icon image in the second display region and detects that the contact at the first icon image moves in a direction towards the first display region, the processor performs the following controlscausing the first icon image to be moved towards the first display region,causing the display to display in the first display region, along with the first icon image, the first display image shrunk in the longitudinal direction of the elongated shape according to an extent that the first icon image is moved into the first display region, andcausing the display to display in the first display region a second display image generated by execution of the second program.

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