ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20150309648A1
• Filed: 12/03/2014
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: HUANG, Yusam
• Granted Patent: US 9,589,539 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0208 for combination with other devices having a different main function, e.g. watches, pens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/36 characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory

Abstract

An electronic device according to an embodiment including: a sensor to detect a contact position of a touch operation on a screen of a display; a display controller to display, on the screen, first information indicative of a first process to be performed, and to display, on the screen, second information in place of the first information when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation exceeds a first value, the second information indicative of a second process to be performed; and a processor to perform the first process when the touch operation finishes while the first information is displayed on the screen and to perform the second process when the touch operation finishes while the second information is displayed on the screen.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a sensor to detect a contact position of a touch operation on a screen of a display;

a display controller to display, on the screen, first information indicative of a first process to be performed, and to display, on the screen, second information in place of the first information when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation exceeds a first value, the second information indicative of a second process to be performed; and

a processor to perform the first process when the touch operation finishes while the first information is displayed on the screen and to perform the second process when the touch operation finishes while the second information is displayed on the screen.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to display, on the screen, the first information in place of the second information when a contact position of the touch operation travels while the touch operation on the screen does not finish, in an opposite direction from a contact position of the touch operation when the first information is displayed to a contact position of the touch operation when the second information is displayed.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured not to perform the first process or the second process when a contact position of the touch operation exists within an area near an end of the screen when the touch operation on the screen is finished while the first information or the second information is displayed on the screen.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to display the first information or the second information in a position in an upper direction from a position where the touch operation is performed on the screen of the display.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to display the second information in place of the first information when the moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation does not exceed the first value within a first time period after the first information is displayed while the touch operation on the screen is not finished.

6. A method comprising:

detecting a contact position of a touch operation on a screen on a display;

displaying, on the screen, first information indicative of a first process to be performed, and displaying, on the screen, second information in place of the first information when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation exceeds a first value, the second information indicative of a second process to be performed; and

performing the first process when the touch operation finishes while the first information is displayed on the screen and performing the second process when the touch operation finishes while the second information is displayed on the screen.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying includes displaying, on the screen, the first information in place of the second information when a contact position of the touch operation travels while the touch operation does not finish, in an opposite direction from a contact position of the touch operation when the first information is displayed to a contact position of the touch operation when the second information is displayed.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the performing includes not performing the first process or the second process when a contact position of the touch operation exists within an area near an end of the screen when the touch operation on the screen is finished while the first information or the second information is displayed on the screen.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying includes displaying the first information or the second information in a position in an upper direction from a position where the touch operation is performed on the screen of the display.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying includes displaying the second information in place of the first information when the moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation does not exceed the first value within a first time period after the first information is displayed while the touch operation on the screen is not finished.

11. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

detecting a contact position of a touch operation on a screen on a display;

displaying, on the screen, first information indicative of a first process to be performed, and displaying, on the screen, second information in place of the first information when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation exceeds a first value, the second information indicative of a second process to be performed; and

performing the first process when the touch operation finishes while the first information is displayed on the screen and performing the second process when the touch operation finishes while the second information is displayed on the screen.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes displaying, on the sceen, the first information in place of the second information when a contact position of the touch operation travels while the touch operation on the screen does not finish, in an opposite direction from a contact position of the touch operation when the first information is displayed to a contact position of the touch operation when the second information is displayed.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the performing includes not performing the first process or the second process when a contact position of the touch operation exists within an area near an end of the screen when the touch operation on the screen is finished while the first information or the second information is displayed on the screen.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes displaying the first information or the second information in a position in an upper direction from a position where the touch operation is performed on the screen of the display.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the displaying includes displaying the second information in place of the first information when the moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation does not exceed a first value within a first time period after the first information is displayed while the touch operation on the screen is not finished.