ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD

• US 20140002387A1
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hashiba, Rumiko
• Application Number:
  US13/789,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20140002387A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes an input device, a processor, and a display processor. The input device is configured to input a touch manipulation which is executable on a display. The processor is configured to determine a first area for displaying a first image corresponding to a first layer and a second area for displaying a second image corresponding to a second layer based on the touch manipulation. The display processor is configured to simultaneously display the first image in the first area and the second image in the second area

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an input device configured to input a touch manipulation which is executable on a display;

a processor configured to determine a first area for displaying a first image corresponding to a first layer and a second area for displaying a second image corresponding to a second layer based on the touch manipulation; and

a display processor configured to simultaneously display the first image in the first area and the second image in the second area.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the touch manipulation comprises at least one of a pinch manipulation, a slide manipulation, and a drag manipulation.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the first area and the second area based on a contact position of the touch manipulation.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein if a contact position of the touch manipulation corresponds to a displayed area of a menu or an object in the first layer, the display processor is configured to display the second image which is related with the menu or the object.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the display configured to simultaneously display the first image in the first area and the second image in the second area.

6. A control method of an electronic apparatus comprising an input device configured to input a touch manipulation which is executable on a display, the method comprising:

inputting the touch manipulation which is executable on a display;

determining a first area for displaying a first image corresponding to a first layer and a second area for displaying a second image corresponding to a second layer based on the touch manipulation; and

simultaneously displaying the first image in the first area and the second image in the second area.

7. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a processor to execute a process for controlling an electronic apparatus comprising an input device configured to input a touch manipulation which is executable on a display, the process comprising:

inputting the touch manipulation which is executable on a display;

determining a first area for displaying a first image corresponding to a first layer and a second area for displaying a second image corresponding to a second layer based on the touch manipulation; and

simultaneously displaying the first image in the first area and the second image in the second area.