DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

• US 20130265250A1
• Filed: 03/27/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: HONDA, Natsuhito, CHIBA, Atsuo, KOBAYASHI, Mitsutoshi, NOMACHI, Nayu, HATA, Mitsutaka, ISHIKAWA, Shuji, TSURUTA, Hiroshi, YAHAGI, Hiroto, ABE, Kenji, SHINODA, Yoshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,495,025 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

According to an aspect, a device includes: a display unit for displaying a screen; a sensor for detecting an inclination of the display unit; an operating unit for detecting an operation; and a controller. The controller changes an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected through the sensor and the operation detected through the operation unit.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a display unit for displaying a screen;

a sensor for detecting an inclination of the display unit;

an operating unit for detecting an operation; and

a controller for changing an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected through the sensor and the operation detected through the operation unit.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to maintain the orientation of the screen when an operation is detected through the operating unit.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein,

when the orientation of the screen is different from that of the display unit,

the controller is configured to

upon detecting the operation through the operating unit, maintain the orientation of the screen, and

upon not detecting the operation through the operating unit, change the orientation of the screen.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein

when the orientation of the screen is caused to coincide with that of the display unit,

the controller is configured to release a state in which the orientation of the screen is maintained.

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein

when a time within which the operation is not detected through the operating unit becomes longer than a threshold time,

the controller is configured to release a state in which the orientation of the screen is maintained.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to switch between a first setting to maintain the orientation of the screen when the operation is detected through the operating unit and a second setting to change the orientation of the screen when the operation is not detected by the operating unit.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to maintain the orientation of the screen when operation is not detected through the operating unit.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein,

when the orientation of the screen is different from that of the display unit,

the controller is configured to

upon detecting the operation through the operating unit, change the orientation of the screen, and

upon not detecting the operation through the operating unit, maintain the orientation of the screen.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the operating unit is a touch screen superimposed on the display unit.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the operating unit is a button.

11. A method of controlling a device provided with a sensor, an operating unit, and a display unit, the method comprising:

displaying a screen on the display unit;

detecting an inclination of the display unit through the sensor; and

changing an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected upon the detecting and an operation detected through the operation unit.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein,

when the orientation of the screen is different from that of the display unit,

the changing includes

maintaining the orientation of the screen upon detecting the operation through the operating unit, and

changing the orientation of the screen upon not detecting the operation through the operating unit.

13. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a device provided with a sensor, an operating unit, and a display unit, the device to execute:

displaying a screen on the display unit;

detecting an inclination of the display unit through the sensor; and

changing an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected upon the detecting and an operation detected through the operation unit.

14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein,

when the orientation of the screen is different from that of the display unit,

the changing includes

maintaining the orientation of the screen upon detecting the operation through the operating unit, and

changing the orientation of the screen upon not detecting the operation through the operating unit.