Controlling a touch panel display during scrolling operations

• US 10,191,645 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Nagata, Shunsuke
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoang, Amy P
• Application Number:
  US15/055,462
• Publication Number:
  US 20160179322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile phone includes a display, a touch detector configured to detect an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation, and a processor configured to execute the control program to execute processing in accordance with the operation. The processor can cause a screen displayed on the display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region R included in the display. If the screen includes an object to be subjected to the tap operation and while the screen is being scrolled, the processor can disable the tap operation on the object.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch panel display configured to detect an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation;

a storage unit configured to store a control program; and

at least one processor configured to execute the control program to execute processing in accordance with the operation, the at least one processor being configured to

cause a screen displayed on the touch panel display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region included in the touch panel display,

when the screen is scrolled and the screen includes an object to be subjected to the tap operation, disable the tap operation on the object until the screen has stopped scrolling for a predetermined non-zero time period, and,

after the screen has stopped scrolling for the predetermined non-zero time period when the tap operation on the object has been disabled, re-enable the tap operation on the object.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the object includes hyperlinked text or image, an icon for activating an application, or an icon or a thumbnail for reproducing a music file or an image file.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein when the tap operation is disabled, the at least one processor is configured to cause the object to be displayed in a display style different from when the tap operation is enabled.

4. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch panel display configured to detect an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation;

a storage unit configured to store a control program; and

at least one processor configured to execute the control program to execute processing in accordance with the operation, the at least one processor being configured to

cause a screen displayed on the touch panel display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region included in the touch panel display,

when the screen is scrolled and the number of objects, included in a portion displayed in the display region, on the screen is larger than a predetermined number, disable the tap operation on the objects until the screen has stopped scrolling for a predetermined non-zero time period, and,

after the screen has stopped scrolling for the predetermined non-zero time period when the tap operation on the objects has been disabled, re-enable the tap operation on the objects.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch panel display configured to detect an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation;

a storage unit configured to store a control program; and

at least one processor configured to execute the control program to execute processing in accordance with the operation, the at least one processor being configured to

cause a screen displayed on the touch panel display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region included in the touch panel display,

when the screen is scrolled and the number of objects, included in the entire screen, is larger than a predetermined number, disable the tap operation on the objects until the screen has stopped scrolling for a predetermined non-zero time period, and,

after the screen has stopped scrolling for the predetermined non-zero time period when the tap operation on the objects has been disabled, re-enable the tap operation on the objects.

6. A method for controlling an electronic device configured to execute processing in accordance with an operation at least including a flick operation and a tap operation, the method comprising, by at least one processor:

causing a screen displayed on a touch panel display to be scrolled based on the flick operation on a display region included in the touch panel display;

when the screen is scrolled and the screen includes an object to be subjected to the tap operation, disabling the tap operation on the object until the screen has stopped scrolling for a predetermined non-zero time period; and

,

after the screen has stopped scrolling for the predetermined non-zero time period when the tap operation on the object has been disabled, re-enable the tap operation on the object.