ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20120225695A1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Nomura, Masato
• Granted Patent: US 8,787,981 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting

Abstract

An electronic device includes an operation unit, a storage unit and a control unit. The operation unit selects a selected image. The storage unit stores selected data and peripheral data. The selected data corresponds to the selected image selected by the operation unit. The peripheral data corresponds to images around the selected image. In a case in which a second application is activated, the control unit reads the selected data from the storage unit so as to be developed in the second application, and displays the selected image. In a case in which a predetermined operation is performed for the selected image by the operation unit, the control unit reads the peripheral data from the storage unit, adds an image, which is based on corresponding data that corresponds to at least a part of the peripheral data, to the selected image, and displays a resultant image.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit that displays an image that is based on data;

an operation unit that can select at least a part of the image displayed on the display unit as a selected image;

a storage unit, wherein, in a case in which an image that is based on data is displayed on the display unit as a result of processing by a first application, the storage unit stores selected data corresponding to the selected image selected by the operation unit, and peripheral data corresponding to images around the selected image; and

a control unit, wherein, in a case in which a second application different from the first application is activated after the selected data and the peripheral data are stored in the storage unit, the control unit reads the selected data stored in the storage unit so as to be developed in the second application, and displays a selected image, which is based on the selected data, on the display unit, and in addition, in a case in which a predetermined operation is performed for the selected image by the operation unit, the control unit reads the peripheral data stored in the storage unit, adds an image, which is based on corresponding data that corresponds to at least a part of the peripheral data, to the selected image, and displays a resultant image on the display unit.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case in which the control unit adds an image, which is based on the corresponding data, to the selected image, and displays a resultant image on the display unit, the control unit deletes the peripheral data from the storage unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit deletes the peripheral data from the storage unit in a case in which the second application is terminated.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit specifies the corresponding data of different quantities from among the peripheral data in accordance with an operated variable of the predetermined operation for the selected image by the operation unit, and adds an image, which is based on the corresponding data thus specified, to the selected image, and displays a resultant image on the display unit.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case in which the control unit reads the selected data stored in the storage unit so as to be developed in the second application, the control unit displays a selected image, which is based on the selected data, on the display unit, and in addition, the control unit displays an image that is based on peripheral data stored in the storage unit, in an area different from the area of displaying the selected image.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case in which an operation for an area on a left side of the selected image displayed on the display unit is performed as the predetermined operation for the selected image by the operation unit, the control unit sets, from among the peripheral data stored in the storage unit, data that is positioned on the left side of the selected image as the corresponding data, adds an image, which is based on the corresponding data, on the left side of the selected image, and displays a resultant image on the display unit.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6,

wherein, in a case in which an operation for an area on the left side of the selected image displayed on the display unit is performed as the predetermined operation for the selected image by the operation unit,

when the operation for the area on the left side of the selected image is an operation moving toward a left direction from the selected image, the control unit sets, from among the peripheral data stored in the storage unit, data that is positioned on the left side of the selected image as the corresponding data, adds an image, which is based on the corresponding data, on the left side of the selected image, and displays a resultant image on the display unit, and

when the operation for the area on the left side of the selected image is an operation moving toward a right direction from the selected image, the control unit deletes, from the display unit, an image corresponding to the area on the left side of the selected image displayed on the display unit.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case in which an operation for an area on a right side of the selected image displayed on the display unit is performed as the predetermined operation for the selected image by the operation unit, the control unit sets, from among the peripheral data stored in the storage unit, data that is positioned on the right side of the selected image as the corresponding data, adds an image, which is based on the corresponding data, on the right side of the selected image, and displays a resultant image on the display unit.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8,

wherein, in a case in which the operation for the area on the right side of the selected image displayed on the display unit is performed as the predetermined operation for the selected image by the operation unit,

when the operation for the area on the right side of the selected image is an operation moving toward a right direction from the selected image, the control unit sets, from among the peripheral data stored in the storage unit, data that is positioned on the right side of the selected image as the corresponding data, adds an image, which is based on the corresponding data, on the right side of the selected image, and displays a resultant image on the display unit, and

when the operation for the area on the right side of the selected image is an operation moving toward a left direction from the selected image, the control unit deletes, from the display unit, an image corresponding to the area on the right side of the selected image displayed on the display unit.

10. A display method for an electronic device that includes a display unit, an operation unit and a storage unit, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting at least a part of an image, which is based on data displayed on the display unit as a result of processing by a first application, as a selected image by the operation unit;

storing selected data corresponding to the selected image selected by the operation unit, and peripheral data corresponding to images around the selected image, in the storage unit;

reading the selected data stored in the storage unit so as to be developed in a second application different from the first application, and displaying a selected image, which is based on the selected data, on the display unit; and

in a case in which a predetermined operation is performed for the selected image by the operation unit, reading the peripheral data from the storage unit, adding an image, which is based on corresponding data that corresponds to at least a part of the peripheral data, to the selected image, and displaying a resultant image on the display unit.

11. A program executed by an electronic device that includes a display unit, an operation unit and a storage unit, the program causing the electronic device to execute the steps of:

selecting at least a part of an image, which is based on data displayed on the display unit as a result of processing by a first application, as a selected image by the operation unit;

storing selected data corresponding to the selected image selected by the operation unit, and peripheral data corresponding to images around the selected image, in the storage unit;

reading the selected data stored in the storage unit so as to be developed in a second application different from the first application, and displaying a selected image, which is based on the selected data, on the display unit; and

in a case in which a predetermined operation is performed for the selected image by the operation unit, reading the peripheral data from the storage unit, adding an image, which is based on corresponding data that corresponds to at least a part of the peripheral data, to the selected image, and displaying a resultant image on the display unit.